Tomb of Dante
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The Tomb of Dante is an Italian neoclassical national monument built over the tomb of the poet Dante Alighieri in 1781. It is sited next to the Basilica of San Francesco in central Ravenna.
Exterior of the 18th-century monument.
The mound which held the bones from 1944 to 1945.
Santa Croce, Florence
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The Basilica di Santa Croce is a minor basilica and the principal Franciscan church of Florence, Italy. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce, about 800 metres southeast of the Duomo, on what wa
Tomb of Dante
…before leaving the city. Florence had not given up hope of having the remains removed from Ravenna, however, and in 1829 the city erected a cenotaph in Santa Croce Basilica, showing the poet seated in thought and a personification of Poetry weeping over the sarcophagus. The box's location was forgotten until 27 May 1865…
Façade of Santa Croce, October 2023
The original brick west front (before the 1860s Gothic Revival embellishments by Niccolò Matas)
The nave facing east
First Cloister with the Cappella dei Pazzi (1440s-1470s)