Literaly journey in the Tuscia of Divine Comedy. – In the field of Odeporic geography, many scholars have commented on the theme of the journey linked to the name of Dante Alighieri (Cavalieri, 2015; Ferroni, 2015) and as Ferroni (2015) claims we might consider conferring on Dante the competence of geographer. In fact, it is sufficient to read the descriptions of the various Italian places (which he directly or indirectly knows) and their physical-geographical aspects to understand, through a real journey in the Dantesque era, the characteristics of the landscape within which the Comedy is narrated. Through an in-depth reading of the cantos, the goal of this paper is to propose a Dantean itinerary in Tuscia, tracing places, symbols and images. The methodological analysis also included an online survey to verify the existence of similar proposals and a search to examine the feasibility of the itinerary. To achieve this result, ISTAT data (2019-2021) on the tourist movement in the area were also collected. The stages of the proposed itinerary, therefore, concern the historic center of Viterbo and the Urban Park of Bullicame, Bolsena and Bagnoregio.

Literary Geography: The Europe Of The Nineteenth Century In Dante’s Footsteps. – When in 1922 Paolo Revelli published L’Italia nella Divina Commedia, affirming how much Dante and Italy are indissoluble traditions and names, volumes of European scholars and authors had already appeared: they described their direct personal experience in Italy in search of Dante’s genius loci. In fact, starting from the first half of the nineteenth century, we witness the creation of what we can define as a Dante itinerary, or a journey to the places made eternal by Dante in his most famous work: the Divina Commedia. It is a new itinerary, but also a new approach to the study of the Poem through what we can call “literary geography”.
Eighteenth century is known as a period of great historical changes. It is also the century of Dante. From 1830s to 1920s, we witness the production of volumes, studies, contributions and geographical maps of absolute interest. Among these we also find this itinerary on Dante’s footsteps. The main works are those of Jean-Jacques Ampère, Alfred Bassermann and a series of geographical works containing special maps of Dante’s Italy.