(ANSA) - Rome, March 25 - Italy on Wednesday marked the first
national Dante Day, celebrating the 700th anniversary of the
Divine Comedy poet's death a year early than when it falls on
March 25, 2021.
Floence's Uffizi Gallery set up virtual tours of Dante
protagonists and a show on the 'Sommo Poeta', while actors
including Stefano Accorsi, Gabriele Lavia and Glauco Mauri are
set to read some of the Comedy's cantos on Florence TV tonight.
The theatre world in Ravenna, where Italy's greatest poet
died in 1321, has responded to appeals for a Dante festival
while the surrounding Emilia Romagna region has organized a
slate of events to celebrate the poet.
Itaky marks first Dante Day
Ahead of 700th anniversary of poet's death next yr