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.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Park
- …lies at an elevation of 167 feet (51 metres)
- Description: sculpture by Ettore Ximenes
- Also known as“Alighieri Dante Statue”“Dante Aligheri Memorial Statue”“Dante Alighieri”“Dante Memorial Statue”“Dante Statue”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cascading Waterfall and Meridian Hill Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights and Adams Morgan.
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Statue of Dante Alighieri
- Category: sculpture
- Location
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Latitude
38.92011° or 38° 55′ 12″ north
Longitude
-77.03553° or 77° 2′ 8″ west
Open location code
87C4WXC7+2Q
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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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