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Reclaim Dante on a Tuscany holiday
Perhaps in recognition of the debt owed by Tuscany holidays to past creative triumphs, the city council of Florence has approved a measure to revoke the exile of Dante, the poet who authored the Divine Comedy.
According to United Press International, the council has approved a motion for the mayor to initiate a "public rehabilitation" for the poet, ANSA reported.
Dante was exiled from the city of Florence in 1302.
However, people staying in Tuscany villas can still craft a Dante-themed itinerary for their visit to the city.
About Florence has suggested several landmarks, such as Baptistery of San Giovanni - the site of the poet's christening - and the Palazzo del Bargello - where his banishment from Florence was proclaimed.
The motion to revoke this banishment was passed by 19 votes in favour to five against.
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