School children stand in front of poet Dante Alighieri’s tomb, in Ravenna, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
Ravenna citizen Giuliana Turati holds a copy of the Divina Commedia “Divine Comedy” by poet Dante Alighieri as she listens to a reading by volunteer Carlotta Zangolli in front of Alighieri’s tomb, in Ravenna, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
The entrance of poet Dante Alighieri’s tomb, in Ravenna, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
A view of poet Dante Alighieri’s tomb, in Ravenna, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
Ravenna citizen Giuliana Turati, center, holds a copy of poet Dante Alighieri’s Divina Commedia “Divine Comedy” as she listens to a reading by volunteer Carlotta Zangolli in front of Dante’s tomb, in Ravenna, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
People visit poet Dante Alighieri’s tomb, in Ravenna, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
A view of poet Dante Alighieri’s tomb, in Ravenna, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
A woman looks at ancient books displayed at the “Dante. La visione dell’arte” (Dante. The Vision of Art) exhibition, in Forli, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet Dante Alighieri in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
A woman looks at paintings at the “Dante. La visione dell’arte” (Dante. The Vision of Art) exhibition, in Forli, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet Dante Alighieri in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
Women look at “Dante all’inferno” (Dante in hell), 1899 painting, by Camille Boiry, right, and “Dante incontra Farinata degli Uberti”, 1900 painting by Silvio Bicchi, at the “Dante. La visione dell’arte” (Dante. The Vision of Art) exhibition, in Forli, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet Dante Alighieri in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
A woman looks at a portrait of poet Dante Alighieri, by an 18th century Florentine anonymous painter, at the “Dante. La visione dell’arte” (Dante. The Vision of Art) exhibition, in Forli, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
A man looks at ancient books on display at the “Dante. La visione dell’arte” (Dante. The Vision of Art) exhibition, in Forli, Italy, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet Dante Alighieri in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
A statue of poet Dante Alighieri stands out in Santa Croce square, Florence, Italy, Thursday, May 13, 2021. Italy is honoring its great poet in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death, with new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the land.
RAVENNA, Italy (AP) — As she has each evening for the last eight months, Giuliana Turati opened her well-worn copy of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” as the last of 13 peels of a church bell reverberated around the tomb of the great Italian poet.
Italy is honoring Dante Alighieri — who died in exile from Florence on Sept. 13, 1321 — in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death. Those include new musical scores and gala concerts, exhibits and dramatic readings against stunning backgrounds in every corner of the country. Pope Francis has written an Apostolic letter, the latest by a pope examining Dante’s relationship with the Roman Catholic Church.
But nowhere is the tribute more intimate than before his tomb, which was restored for the anniversary, as dusk falls each day in the city of Ravenna, a former Byzantine capital.
Turati, a life-long Ravenna resident, comes to listen as volunteer Dante-lovers read a single canton, following along in the copy of the “Divine Comedy” inscribed with the year she studied the poet’s masterwork in school: 1967.
“There is always something new,’’ Turati said. “Even if you have read and reread it, Dante always has something new to tell us.”
The daily reading, part of a yearlong celebration of Dante that started in September, is intended to connect ordinary people — residents and tourists, scholars and the uninitiated — with the “Divine Comedy” as an appreciation by the city he adopted while in exile.
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