Tomb of Dante

Local nameTomba di Dante
LocationRavenna, Italy

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.The monument is surrounded by a "zona dantesca", in which visitors have to remain silent and respectful. The small garden to the monument's right originated as the monastic cloister but now only has a colonnade on one side. The garden is traditionally named after the Quadrarco di Braccioforte, where two people invoked the "strong arm" of Christ to guarantee their contract and therefore had the image of that arm painted on the arch

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante

Address 6 Via Guido da Polenta, Ravenna 48121, Italy

Coordinates 44°24'58.175" N 12°12'3.365" E

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