ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Dante was born in Florence, Republic of Florence, in what is now Italy. The exact date of his birth is unknown, although it is generally believed to be around 1265. This can be deduced from autobiographic allusions in the Divine Comedy.

Detailed explanation-2: -He was born in Florence in 1265 under the sign of Gemini (between May 21 and June 20) and remained devoted to his native city all his life. Dante describes how he fought as a cavalryman against the Ghibellines, a banished Florentine party supporting the imperial cause.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dante was born in Florence in 1265. The Alighieri family came from a branch of the house of Elisei, founded by the wife of Cacciaguida, a warrior who died in the Second Crusade. Dante’s parents (Alighiero di Bellincione Alighieri and Bella di Abati) were minor nobility, so he grew up among the aristocracy.

Detailed explanation-4: -There’s nowhere better to explore all things Dante than Florence, where he was born in 1265, lived (until his exile in 1302), and which features prominently in his much-loved masterpiece, the Divine Comedy.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Casa di Dante (Dante’s house) is a museum inside a XX century building in the heart of the Medieval Florence. You may think this is the place where the Poet lived, but the truth is different. Dante probably lived in Via Dante Alighieri, in a building in front of Piazza San Martino.