Dante Park, Montreal
45°32′04″N 73°36′42″W / 45.5345°N 73.6118°W / 45.5345; -73.6118
Dante Park (French: Parc Dante) is a park in the Little Italy neighbourhood of the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It covers about one-third of a local city block, bordered by Dante Street to the north, Alma Street to the east, residential buildings to the south, and de Gaspe Street to the west.
The park was inaugurated on June 26, 1963, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the predominantly Italian Canadian parish of the Church of the Madonna della Difesa. It is located opposite the church.
Dante Park was named for Dante Street, which itself was named for Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages, who authored Divine Comedy, which is widely considered the most important poem of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.[1]
Art
La mort de Dante
45°32′04″N 73°36′42″W / 45.5344113°N 73.6117033°W / 45.5344113; -73.6117033 | |
Location | Dante Park |
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Designer | Carlo Balboni |
Type | Monument |
Material | Bronze (sculptural group), Grey granite (pedestal) |
Width | 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) |
Height | 3.6 metres (12 ft) |
Beginning date | 1921 |
Opening date | October 22, 1922 |
Dedicated to | Dante Alighieri |
La mort de Dante (also known as the Dante Monument) is a memorial to Dante Alighieri.
The monument was created by Carlo Balboni (1860-1947) and was unveiled on October 22, 1922, in La Fontaine Park as a gift from Montreal's Italian community to the city. The monument was moved from its original location in La Fontaine Park to Dante Park in 1964.[2][3]
References
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- De vulgari eloquentia
- De Monarchia
- Eclogues
- Epistle to Cangrande (disputed)
- Inferno
- Purgatorio
- Paradiso
- Cultural references
- Dante crater
- Dante asteroid
- 83 Beatrix
- Dante Alighieri Academy
- Scuola Italiana Dante Alighieri
- Dante Park, New York
- Dante Park, Montreal
- Monument to Dante
- The Barque of Dante (1822 painting)
- Dante in Hell (1835 painting)
- Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appraised by Dante and Virgil (1835 painting)
- Dante and Virgil (1850 painting)
- The Barque of Dante (1858 painting)
- Dante's Dream (1871 painting)
- Dante and Beatrice (1883 painting)
- Beatrice (1919 film)
- Dante Alighieri (1921 sculpture)
- Dante Symphony
- Italian battleship Dante Alighieri
- Devil May Cry
- Dante's Inferno (video game)