Re-enactment of the great Banner parade

Re-enactment of the great Banner parade which inaugurated the statue of Dante in Piazza Santa Croce, when Florence was the capital, and "All'improvviso Dante - 100 canti per Firenze" a great popular performance by the Associazione Culter, where participants of all ages, celebrities and ordinary citizens, give voice to the Divine Comedy in various places in Florence.
The mayors will meet in Piazza della Signoria with the banners of the cities that participated in the 1865 inauguration of the statue of Dante located in Piazza Santa Croce.

9.20: reading of Cantos from the Divine Comedy

9.45: reading of the first cantos from Inferno on the Arengario of Palazzo Vecchio by the Mayor of Florence

Afterwards the procession will depart from Piazza Signoria and head towards Piazza Santa Croce, where, there will be a choral reading of 33rd Cantos of Paradiso by the singers of the Associazione Culter in the Basilica square.

Lectura Dantis

Sabrina Ferrara read Cantos XXXI from Paradiso
Lectura Dantis is organised by the Società Dantesca Italiana

Il Battistero di Dante

Gianfranco Ravasi “L’esame di fede di Dante”
Gioele Dix reads Cantos XXIV from Paradiso
organised by the Società Dantesca Italiana

Lectura Dantis

Paola Allegretti reads Cantos XXXII from Paradiso
Lectura Dantis is organised by the Società Dantesca Italiana

I luoghi danteschi

An ideal way to retrace, with an intimate and discreet look into aspects of the poet's life between Florence and Ravenna, the places where we can still "enter into his world" and discover its many facets.

Canto di me

Michele Placido reads excerpts from the Divine Comedy
Introduction: Riccardo Bruscagli
organised by the Società Dantesca Italiana

Le chiavi di Dante

Video by the Società Dantesca Italiana
organised by Stefano Massini

Scientific consultancy: Riccardo Bruscagli, images by Cristina Andolcetti, original score by Enrico Fink, with the collaboration of Paola Allegretti, Riccardo Bruscagli and Marcello Ciccuto

Dante’s steps, filmed during the Leggere Dante cycle organised by the SDI from 2005 to 2011, have been interpreted by Sonia Bergamasco, Anna Bonaiuto, Massimo Dapporto, Massimo De Francovich, Arnoldo Foà, Iaia Forte, Fabrizio Gifuni, Alessandro Haber, Roberto Herlitzka, Gabriele Lavia, Giuliana Lojodice, Sandro Lombardi, Ivano Marescotti, Lucilla Morlacchi, Ugo Pagliai, Ottavia Piccolo, Gigi Proietti, Galatea Ranzi and Toni Servillo

Lectura Dantis

Lino Pertile reads Cantos XXXIII from Paradiso
Lectura Dantis is organised by the Società Dantesca Italiana

750th anniversary of Dante’s birth

The Museo casa di Dante, in collaboration with the City of Florence and with the participation of the Società Dantesca Italiana, present a preview of the short film made to mark the 750th anniversary of Dante’s birth: MUSEO CASA DI DANTE- UN VIAGGIO NEL TEMPO, screenplay by Stefano Massini; directed by Edoardo Orlandi; filmed and edited by Leonardo Giannini; with the participation of the Calenzano Teatro Formazione.

E ‘l modo ancor m’offende

A theatre show on “gender” violence inspired by the verses Dante dedicated to Francesca da Rimini. (text by Giuliano Turone, staged by Alessandra Mandese directed by Igor Greko). This is an original production, organised in collaboration with the Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco, which unfolds through a dialogue between an eccentric professor and aspiring 'gender education' teacher.

#DalíMeetsDante

July 1st, 2015, opening of the exhibition #DalíMeetsDante

The Fondazione Ambrosiana, organizer of cultural exhibitions throughout Italy, pays homage to Dante presenting an exhibition of the Divine Comedy as illustrated by Dalí. The focus point of the exhibition is a series of 100 illustrations based on Dante’s epic poem. Dalí illustrates Dante’s allegorical journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, re-interpreting it with a psychoanalytical slant.
The exhibition also presents Dalí artworks with a religious theme, amongst them the famous bronze sculptures such as Saint George and the Dragon, Adam and Eve and Triumphant Angel.

Taccia di Cadmo e d'Aretusa Ovidio

Vittorio Sermonti reads le Metamorfosi

Art exhibition by Donato Di Zio

Opening of an exhibition of paintings by Donato Di Zio inspired by the Divine Comedy. Introduction: Professor Gillo Dorfles.

Legato con amore in un volume,
ciò che per l'universo si squaderna

Un omaggio per i 750 anni della nascita di Dante in occasione del Convegno Ecclesiale Nazionale

Legato con amore in un volume / ciò che per l’universo si squaderna è la messa in scena dei paesaggi descritti da Dante nella Divina Commedia: uno spettacolo itinerante con più di 500 persone, che dà vita a un affresco corale e popolare e reinterpreta i paesaggi sonori e sensoriali della Divina Commedia, rendendo percepibili allo spettatore i suoni, i rumori e gli odori descritti da Dante.

Progetto realizzato grazie all’Arcidiocesi di Firenze e in collaborazione con Opera di Santa Croce

La metamorfosi amorosa in Dante

“Ballo 1265”

The celebrations close with “Ballo 1265”, 33 Cantos in the form of dance, created by the director of the Biennale di Venezia for the Danza Virgilio Sieni.