The Museum of the Casa di Dante (Via S. Margherita, 1) is located in one of the oldest parts of historic center of Florence, in via Santa Margherita. After the death of the poet, his brother Francesco sells (the 1332) to Mardolli a part of the house, while the remainder continues to be for a few years of ownership of the children of Dante that following the vicissitudes of the family have long left Florence.
The museum contains many reproductions of documents on the poet, models and dioramas highlighting certain aspects of his life and the historical events covered in the Divine Comedy (such as the Battle of Montaperti). It focuses on three floors marking the important moments of the poet's life. The first floor has documented aspects of the Florence of those days, and together the youth of Dante, the baptism in the "bel San Giovanni (the Baptistery of S. Maria del Fiore), public life, his appointment as prior of the city and its participation in the political and military conflict (of interest are the model of the Battle of Campaldino and reproductions of antique armor d `).
the second floor shows the `painful period of exile, which began in 1301 when the sentence, after many wanderings (Forli, Verona, Bologna), the poet spent his last years in Ravenna, until his death (1321) as the guest of Guido da Polenta. In the third Finally, we outline the plan `iconography and the popularity of Dante through the centuries, represented by excellent reproductions of famous works of art made from the fourteenth century to the present day by great artists such as Giotto, Beato Angelico, Andrea del Castagno, Ghirlandaio, Luca Signorelli, Raphael , Michelangelo.
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