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Francesca was the sister-in-law of Paolo Malatesta, and both were married, but they fell in love. Their tragic adulterous story was told by Dante in his Divine Comedy, Canto V of the Inferno, and was a popular subject with Victorian artists and sculptors, especially with followers of the Pre-Raphaelite ideology, and with other writers.
Francesca da Rimini. Francesca da Rimini [a] or Francesca da Polenta [a] (died between 1283 and 1286) [1] was a medieval noblewoman of Ravenna, who was murdered by her husband, Giovanni Malatesta, upon his discovery of her affair with his brother, Paolo Malatesta. She was a contemporary of Dante Alighieri, who portrayed her as a character in ...
The Kângë Kreshnikësh (" Songs of Heroes ") are the traditional songs of the heroic legendary cycle of Albanian epic poetry ( Albanian: Cikli i Kreshnikëve or Eposi i Kreshnikëve ). They are the product of Albanian culture and folklore orally transmitted down the generations by the Albanian lahutarë ('rhapsodes' or 'bards') who perform ...
The Arbëreshë (pronounced [aɾbəˈɾɛʃ]; Albanian: Arbëreshët e Italisë; Italian: Albanesi d'Italia), also known as Albanians of Italy or Italo-Albanians, are an Albanian ethnolinguistic group minority historically settled in Southern and Insular Italy (in the regions of Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania, Molise, mostly concentrated in the region of Calabria and Sicily).
Families of Frashër. House of Brothers Frashëri, Albania. The village of Frashër in southern Albania saw the emergence of several notable families ( Albanian: Frashërllinjtë) in the history of Albania. They contributed to the independence of Albania throughout military actions but also in literature and politics.
Release date. 1950. ( 1950) Language. Italian. Paolo e Francesca ( Paolo and Francesca ), also known as Legend of Love, [1] is a 1950 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Odile Versois and Armando Francioli. It is loosely based on real life events of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta.
Petro Zheji (18 October 1929 - 14 March 2015) was an Albanian linguist, translator, philosopher, and author from Gjirokastër who lived and worked intellectually in Tiranë, Albania. [2] [3] [4] As a polyglot , he was deeply knowledgeable in the Italian , French , English, Spanish , German , Russian , Hebrew , Sanskrit , Ancient Greek , and ...
Muji (Albanian mythology) Gjeto Basho Muji or simply Muji is a legendary Albanian warrior from "Songs of the Heroes" Albanian folktale ballads. It is revered as one of the most important legendary heroes of Albanian folklore in Northern Albania, Kosovo, and among the Malësor Albanians of Montenegro . The main theme of the cycle is the brave ...