Dantedì

Dantedì is a national commemoration day dedicated to the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, celebrated in Italy every March 25.

The Dante Day was proposed on 17 January 2020 by Dario Franceschini, then Ministry of Culture, on an idea from the editorialist and writer Paolo Di Stefano for the commemoration of the seven hundredth anniversary of the poet's death, occurred on September 14, 1321. According to tradition based on many scholars and critics, March 25, 1300, should be the day in which Dante lost himself in the dark forest and begins his journey in the underworld.