Sculpture Dante Alighieri Stock Photography

In front of the Basilica of Santa Croce is located a marble statue made by Enrico Pazzi dedicated to Dante... Durante degli Alighieri, simply called Dante 1265–1321, was a major Italian poet of the Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later called Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. In Italy he is called il Sommo Poeta (the Supreme Poet) and il Poeta. He, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are also called the three fountains and the three crowns. Dante is also called the Father of the Italian language