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Francesco Petrarch. By imtahaj zaman. Francesco Petrarch. Original lyrics by petrarch found in 1935.
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Francesco Petrarch By imtahajzaman
The tomb had been opened previously in 1873 by Professor Giovanni Canestrini, also of Padua University. When the tomb was opened, the skull was discovered in fragments and a DNAtest revealed that the skull was not Petrarch's,prompting calls for the return of Petrarch's skull. The researchers are fairly certain that the body in the tomb is Petrarch's due to the fact that the skeleton bears evidence of injuries mentioned by Petrarch in his writings, including a kick from a donkey when he was 42
Petrarch's Arqua house near paduwawhere he retired to spend his last years.The later part of Petrarch's life he spent in journeying through northern Italy as an international scholar and poet diplomat.