At the beginning of the 14th century, Dante Alighieri composed the Inferno, a poem that describes with surprising accuracy ...

New research reveals that Dante Alighieri's Inferno wasn't just a masterpiece of literature: it was a gedankenexperiment in impact physics. From multi-ring craters to shockwaves that reshaped the ...

Leaders rally in support of ‘father of Italian language’ after withering comments in German newspaper Italian political and cultural leaders have sprung to the defence of their much-revered poet Dante ...

For centuries, Dante Alighieri’s Inferno has been treated as theology, political commentary and medieval literature folded ...

Dante Alighieri was born around the year 1265, although his exact birth date is unknown. He was born and raised in Florence, Italy, where he held various political offices throughout his life. He ...

Dante's Inferno describes Hell as a vast, inverted conical pit beneath the Earth's surface, narrowing downward through nine ...

Born in Florence, Italy, in 1265, Dante Alighieri—his full name was Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, but he's better known simply as Dante—is considered one of the most important poets in history ...

Last month, a statue was unveiled in Cleveland's Cultural Gardens honoring the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Its timing coincides with a new translation of "Inferno," the first third of his masterwork ...

Seven centuries after guilty verdict in Florence, Sperello di Serego Alighieri to help test whether poet’s conviction would stand today [Article revised due to a misunderstanding about the ‘retrial’ - ...

Dante's descendant Sperello di Serego Alighieri (L) and the poet's deathmask. Photo: Sperello Di Serego Algieri/Digitalmamma824/flickr To honour the 750th year since the birth of Italy's most famous ...