Statue of Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri is a public artwork by Italian sculptor Ettore Ximenes, located at Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C., United States. The bronze statue on a granite base depicts Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet and philosopher who is considered one of the greatest literary figures of the Late Middle Ages.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: sculpture by Ettore Ximenes
- Also known as: “Alighieri Dante Statue”, “Dante Aligheri Memorial Statue”, “Dante Alighieri”, “Dante Memorial Statue”, and “Dante Statue”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Embassy of Angola and Meridian Hill Park.
Embassy of Angola
Government office
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Angola and the United States have maintained cordial diplomatic relations since 1993. Before then, antagonism between the countries hinged on Cold War geopolitics, which led the U.S. to support anti-government rebels during the protracted Angolan Civil War.
Meridian Hill Park
Park
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Meridian Hill Park, also known as Malcolm X Park, is an urban park in Washington, D.C., located in the Meridian Hill neighborhood that straddles the border between Adams Morgan and Columbia Heights.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan.
Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights
Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.Adams Morgan
Neighborhood
Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.
Lanier Heights
Neighborhood
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Lanier Heights is a small urban neighborhood in the northwest section of Washington, D.C. It was one of the District of Columbia’s early planned subdivisions outside the original City of Washington.
Statue of Dante Alighieri
- Category: sculpture
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Italian—“Statue of Dante Alighieri” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “দান্তে আলিগিয়েরি”
- Cebuano: “Dante Statue”
- French: “monument à Dante”
- French: “Monument à Dante”
- Italian: “Dante Alighieri”
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