The
building in the small Piazza Santa Margherita that is today called Dante's
house is nothing other than an arbitrary reconstruction, carried out around
1900, of one of the houses belonging to the Alighieri family. It is, however,
thought that one of the houses facing onto this piazza was the birthplace
of Dante. The Casa di Dante houses the Museo di Dante, which includes
a rich collection of various editions of The Divine Comedy and extensive
geographic documentation of Dante's Firenze.
Picture by Sandro Santioli
Translated by Jeremy Carden
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