ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where was Dante Alighieri born?
A
berlin
B
Milan
C
Florence
D
Roma
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dante, in full Dante Alighieri, (born c. May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence [Italy]-died September 13/14, 1321, Ravenna), Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -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.

Detailed explanation-5: -He lived for periods in Arezzo, Bologna and Verona and his last few years were spent in Ravenna, where he died in September 1321.

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