Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet during the middle ages and writer of the Divine Comedy, is regarded by many as the father of the Italian language and the greatest figure in Italian literature. This statue stands in the Piazza di Santa Croce in the city of his birth, Florence, Italy.
Florence, Italy
The Duomo di Firenze, the Cathedral of Florence, was built between 1296 and 1436. The cathedral is one of the largest in the world. Its imposing dome, attributed to the Florentine architect Filippo Brunelleschi, still dominates the city.
