Murdered ca. 1283, Rimini, Romagna.
"Amor, ch'a nulio amato amar perdona,
mi prese del costui piacer si forte,
che come vedi, ancor non m'abbandona"
"Love, which allows no one who is loved to escape, seized me so strongly
with my pleasure in him that, as you see,
it does not leave me now."
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Painting: Detail from Ari Scheffer's The Shadows of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta appear to Dante and Virgil. 19th century. Musée du Louvre
[Francesca da Polenta]
[Adaptation based on C.H. Sission's translation of Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy]
Dedicated to the women slain in the name of honor.
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