4. Dante’s death mask, which is on display in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio, probably isn’t real. Dante Alighieri's funeral was held at the Basilica of San Francesco in Ravenna, Italy ...

Sopa Images / SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images 19.Dante Alighieri The Italian poet famous for the Divine Comedy died of malaria on Sept. 14, 1321, at about 56 years of age. His death mask ...

ROME — Dante Alighieri, traditionally portrayed as ... looks gaunt and stern. “Even the death masks made after he died, when the muscles are relaxed, show him as frowning,” Mallegni said.

Not even a real death mask, it’s a reconstruction based on ... I’ve already spotted a leather shop called Dante Alighieri that sells guitar-shaped purses, a restaurant that promises Il ...

ROME (AP)—Dante Alighieri, traditionally portrayed as ... "He was a man with his own anxieties and fits of anger, but even the death masks made after he died, when the muscles are relaxed ...

on the 700th anniversary of his death with concerts and exhibits all over the country — as well as evening readings at his tomb. Dante Alighieri, who died in exile from Florence in Ravenna on Sept.

Italy is honoring Dante Alighieri — who died in exile from Florence on Sept. 13, 1321 — in myriad ways on the 700th anniversary of his death. Those include new musical scores and gala concerts ...

LEAD: A scholar here believes that a long and pessimistic poem about the untrustworthiness of mankind is very likely a previously unrecognized work by Dante Alighieri, the 14th-century author of ...