Mayor Pierluigi Peracchini announced the find in the local edition of Il Secolo XIX, explaining that, “These are two authentic pages from the cantos of Purgatory and Paradise from the first edition of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.”
“We are obviously talking about the 14th century and the original of the Pax Dantis,” the mayor added.
“It is an extraordinary fact, the discovery of a treasure of inestimable value.
“Now we intend to soon identify a path with the Ministry of Culture for an exhibition.
“The Pax Dantis, which concluded the war between the Malaspina and the bishops of Luni, is an absolute and unpublished treasure that had never been spoken of in the history of our city.
“Like the remains of The Divine Comedy.
“It is an extraordinary fact and of absolute importance for our city and for our culture.”
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