TIL The Santa Maria Nuova hospital in Florence, still in operation today, was founded in 1288 by the father of Beatrice(one of the main characters in Dante’s devine comedy). The hospital is decorated with frescoes by renaissance masters and Leonardo studied anatomy at the same institution by whatilearned November 19, 2021, 9:43 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL that the animated Dante’s Inferno movie is divided into 6 parts, which were each animated by a different studio to depict each of the six circles of Hell that are featured in the movie differently by whatilearned October 23, 2021, 10:44 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
1 Comment TIL Dante, author of ‘Dante’s Divine Comedy’, is the primary reason why the Tuscan dialect of Italian became the “standardized” Italian language. In 1945, the fascist Italian government called Dante “the greatest symbol of Italianness”. by whatilearned May 28, 2021, 2:55 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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