Dante completes the Divine Comedy
CultureArtDante Alighieri completes the Divine Comedy, a masterpiece of Italian and medieval European literature.
- Date
- c. 1320 · View on map
Approximate date.
- Countries
- Italy
- Regions
- Europe
- Importance
- ★★★★★
- Sources
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