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Florence and Tuscany during Dante’s times

Florence and Tuscany during Dante’s times. ITALY AND TUSCANY. Dante’s house in Florence. The Baptistery in Florence where Dante was baptized was the cathedral at that time. The dome of the Baptistery is covered with mosaics, which depict devils, angels, and after death punishments.

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Florence and Tuscany during Dante’s times

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  1. Florence and Tuscany during Dante’s times

  2. ITALY AND TUSCANY

  3. Dante’s house in Florence

  4. The Baptistery in Florence where Dante was baptized was the cathedral at that time.

  5. The dome of the Baptistery is covered with mosaics, which depict devils, angels, and after death punishments.

  6. Santa Maria del Fiore • built between 1296 and 1436

  7. Santa Maria del Fiore, cupola (1420-1434)

  8. Dante’s Statue in Florence

  9. Santa Croce, S. Croce, Firenze, Italy; 1294-1442; by Arnolfo di Cambio

  10. Firenze - Ponte Vecchio

  11. What Florence and New Orleans have in common: giglio – symbol of Florence

  12. Tuscany

  13. The castle of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II is located in Prato, just north of Florence. It was built between 1237 and 1248. The Ghibellines supported the Holy Roman Empire.

  14. SIENA was ghibelline, therefore enemy of Florence

  15. The Cathedral of Siena

  16. PISA

  17. TORRE DELL’ OROLOGIO IN PISA Canto 30 CONTE UGOLINO was imprisoned here and let die of starvation

  18. Arezzo was Ghibelline. In Canto XXIX Dante meets Griffolino of Arezzo, who was punished for alchemy.

  19. Prato, located close to Florence, was and still is an important industrial town for the manufacturing of textiles. The Cathedral of Prato

  20. Lucca • Etruscan origin • Wealthy on silk and banking • Mantained its independence

  21. Pistoia, a ghibelline town, was overtaken by Florence’s Guelph party in 1254. In cantos XXIV, 97 and XXV, 1Dante mentions Vanni Fucci, a black Guelph who stole holy objects from the Cathedral in Pistoia.

  22. May 7 1300: Dante is sent as ambassador to San Gimignano to persuade its citizens to join the Guelph party.

  23. San Gimignano

  24. San Gimignano

  25. PIENZA

  26. Tuscan countryside

  27. Inferno XIII –” the wilds between Cecina and Corneto “ Once an undeveloped marshy area along the southern part of Tuscany, after a project of land reclamation, it is today one of the most beautiful unspoiled areas in Italy.

  28. Tuscan coast in Maremma

  29. PRATO

  30. Dante’s Tomb in Ravenna

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