Dante Alighieri by Luca Signorelli (1499-1502)

Presentation of the Dante Circle of Friends

The Dante Circle of Friends is a cultural association based in Granada, Spain, that brings together all those with an interest in the Italy of yesterday and today from an historical, artistic and literary perspective. The association runs a wide and varied range of activities, including the following:

• Language and literature classes at several different levels by highly-qualified teachers
• Italian cookery classes
• Guided tours to different parts of Italy
• Mini-breaks in Castelraimondo, where participants are given a warm welcome by artists, who in turn exhibit their works in Granada; this activity is aimed at members enrolled in language classes
• Painting exhibitions
• Italian music concerts, which always attract large numbers of participants
• Conferences focusing on historical, artistic, literary and cinema-related themes (with screening sessions)

If you have treasured memories of a trip to Italy, if you want to find your roots, or if you simply love Italy, then you are welcome among the members of the Dante Circle of Friends.

Fabio Sanz Urquijo, President of the Dante Circle of Friends

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet and humanist, played an active role in the political life of his home city of Florence, and wrote the most emotive chapters in the Italian poetry of the Middle Ages, tirelessly drawing on the memory of his electric encounter with Beatrice Portinari, who tragically died in her early twenties. Dante continually mentioned Beatrice Portinari and transposed her image to the terrestrial world in La Vita Nuova and the hereafter in the immortal Divine Comedy.

About the www.losamigosdeldante.org website...

This site is optimised for use with Internet Explorer with a minimum resolution of 1024x768. You can write to the webmaster at: webmaster@losamigosdedante.org