Divine Comedy

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Literature · c. 1308–1321 · Italy (Verona, Ravenna) · Europe

The poem that created literary Italian: a journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise

Divine Comedy — Domenico di Michelino / After Alesso Baldovinetti · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Author: Dante Alighieri
Century: 14th century

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