With the Dantedì every 25 March we want to remember the Supreme Poet who wrote in the Divine Comedy: "Love that reasons in my mind he began to say yes sweetly that the sweetness still plays me inside."
Il cabinet, Friday 17 January, he established the day dedicated to the Florentine poet, this happened exactly one year earlier of the 700 year anniversary since his disappearance.
Il On Tuesday officially joins the Italian calendar; mark it, the 25 March it will be the national day dedicated to Dante Alighieri.
The birth of the national day
How was Dantedì born? Everything was born from a proposal of Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. Dario Franceschini, holder of the dicastery, declared his happiness for this celebration indicating the need for strengthen culture in the country. For him Dante is a point of support to begin this process in Italy.
The choice of the date is not by chance, according to scholars it is the day in which Dante began his journey into the afterlife in the Divine Comedy.
Expectations for 2021 and Monday
Expectations are very high for the next year, in which the XNUMXth anniversary of the poet's death is celebrated. Italian post he has already confirmed his commitment and Minister Franceschini is hoping for many other large companies. Next year, in the Quirinale stables in Rome, a great one will be inaugurated Dante exhibition.
A large number of requests, over 400, those arrived at the national committee to celebrate this important date. The philologist Carlo Ossola, president of the committee, declared: "It will allow to revive the memory of the poet every year, whose memory is vital for the survival of our mind".
Why celebrate on Monday?
The purpose of the establishment of this festival is to draw more around the day dedicated to the poet: libraries and theaters, universities, cinemas, bookstores, Italian schools through readings, games, videos and artistic creations.
The main thing we hope is that the day is not an end in itself and that it does to know and love the poet to the general public in order to convey cultural potential. We really need to start don't underestimate our culture and make our cultural heritage better known abroad as well.
Who was Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri It was born in Florence in 1265 from a Florentine family of a low nobility. We do not have much information about his family and childhood but it is his writings that have made him so famous.
During the years of his studies he met the great Latin authors and studied grammar and rhetoric. A life lived in the great period of war between Guelphs and Ghibellines in Florence in those years led Dante to some years of exile due to his political positions.
His most famous work
Dante Alighieri's most famous work is certainly the Divine Comedy. The years of its composition are not known precisely, but it is thought to have been written around the early 1300s. The Comedy is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio e XNUMX. Paradiso and tells the story of the poet who goes through this to save his soul journey. From this year on, you will have to add a new date to your calendar: March 25, Monday!
