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A sixteenth-century painting of Dante with a copy of the Divine Comedy opened to Canto XXV of the Paradiso in which the poet imagines, "Se mai continga. . ." ("If it should ever happen . . ."), his wistful hope that he might be welcomed back into his beloved Florence. |
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The house where Dante was born on Via Dante Alighieri in Florence. |
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Via Santa Margherita and the church of the same name where Dante could see Beatrice at mass. Dante's house is visible at the far end of the street on the right. |
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A statue of Dante in the Piazza dei Signori of Verona in front of the Palazzo del Commune where he wrote the Purgatorio. |
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A painting of Dante and his poem by Domenico di Michelino now in the Duomo of Florence. |
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Dante's tomb next to the church of San Francesco in Ravenna. |
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