The Post Gazette

May 16, 1997

Dante Alighieri Cultural Center Welcomes Statue

Boston, Massachusetts - A new solemn, inspiring figure stands in the main entrance patio of the Dante Alighieri Italian Cultural Center of Cambridge.

A seven-foot-three inch tall statue of the most famous Italian poet Dante Alighieri, from whom the Dante Alighieri Society , which owns and operates the center, takes its name, is now there to welcome its visitors.

However, this reproduction of the author of the “Divine Comedy”, the biggest in North America, will be seen by a far greater number of people. In fact, worldwide famous Italian movie director, Folco Quilici and his crew were among the cheering crowd. Quilici, whose name is linked to some of the best documentaries on nature and wildlife ever produced in Italy, is currently working, on behalf of the Italian government, on a movie about the influence of Italian culture in America. Only five ‘Dante Alighieri’ chapters (out of the over 400) around the world were chosen as examples of such influence.

 

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