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Italian cities (1902)

Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936, Blashfield, Evangeline Wilbour, "Mrs. E. H. Blashfield." · New York, C. Scribners's sons · leaf 76

An illustration from Italian cities, 1902, leaf 76
lders, seven cen-turies of oblivion followed for Eavenna, when thegreatest name of the Italian middle ages, that ofDante, illustrated her again. He died here in exile,and the Piazza of San Francesco, where he liesburied, epitomizes Piavenna, — Greek, mediaeval, andrepublican. There, in the pleasant… … RAVENNA accredited house of Erancesca da Eimini; LordByrons window is just beyond; at ones right isthe tomb of Dante; and at ones left, loaded withwreaths, a memorial tablet to Mazzini; the DivineComedy, Childe Harold, and the epopsea ofmodern Italian independence! Could one ask forricher…

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