[Romulus]

Been there. Ravenna is one of my favorite places on earth.

[Albion Wilde]

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[Paal Gulli]

Dante was exiled from Florence for political reasons and he swore he'd never return. That is why he's not buried there.

But the Florentines weren't about to let fact stand in their way so the put up a cenotaph to Dante in the Basilica of Santa Croce. And unless your medieval Latin is up to speed, you probably would never notice it's not really his tomb. Most tourists who visit there go home telling they've visited Dante's grave, right next to Galileo, Michelangelo and Marconi (the radio guy). Except they haven't.

So I suspect if he had his 'druthers, Dante would sooner his bones be missing than be interred in Florence.