(July 11, 2017) Dante Alighieri is a poet accessible to everyone and who represents being Italian today. That's why it is valued around the world. Particularly at Italian Institutes of Culture where periodically exhibitions, readings, conferences, concerts, shows devoted to the father of the Italian language are being promoted. As it happens in Cologne where once a month, always on Thursday at 5.30PM, Prof. Roellenbleck organizes a reading of a song of the Divine Comedy. "New participants are always welcome" is the invitation that comes from the IIC. The event is promoted by the Association of Friends of the Institute. After the appointment on Thursday July 13, a new reading is scheduled on August 17. (Red)

ABOUT / WAITING FOR THE 700TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH

In the year 2015, 750 years have passed since the birth of Dante Alighieri. It was an important anniversary that anticipated the expected appointment of 2021 when, on the other hand, the 700th anniversary of his death will be celebrated.