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**SPECIAL THREAD: Sardinia in Dante's Comedy**
«E a dir di Sardigna le lingue lor non si senton stanche» (XXII Purgatory)
Dante tells Sardinians always speak of Sardinia. We don't want to gainsay him on this #Dantedì, so here we are 😁 #Dantedì2021 #Dantedi
«E a dir di Sardigna le lingue lor non si senton stanche» (XXII Purgatory)
Dante tells Sardinians always speak of Sardinia. We don't want to gainsay him on this #Dantedì, so here we are 😁 #Dantedì2021 #Dantedi
A few Sardinian/Sardinia-related characters appear in the Divine Comedy. The most famous is definitely the Count Ugolino della Gherardesca di Donoratico. He appears in the XXXIII Canto of the Inferno, where Dante puts him among the traitors of one's homeland.
Ugolino was a noble man from Pisa, who first got involved in Sardinian businesses when he served Enzo, son of the HRE Friedrich and husband to Adelasia, Queen of Torres.
During the assault to Sant'Igia, capital of the Judicate of Calari, in 1258, after the victory of the Pisan-
During the assault to Sant'Igia, capital of the Judicate of Calari, in 1258, after the victory of the Pisan-
