Dante Alighieri, Inferno, XXXI, 136–141 (tr. H. W. Longfellow)
• Carisenda] The leaning tower at Bologna
• Carisenda] The leaning tower at Bologna
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As seems the Carisenda, to behold Beneath the leaning side, when goes a cloud Above it so that opposite it hangs;Such did Antaeus seem to me, who stood Watching to see him stoop, and then it was I could have wished to go some other way.
— Dante Alighieri on Bologna
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• Carisenda] The leaning tower at Bologna" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (c. 30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
About Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (c. 30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
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