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 | Caro Lettore,
Welcome to this weekend's edition of your About.com Italian Language Newsletter! Francesco Cossiga, former interior minister, prime minister, and president of the Italian Republic, died in Rome on Tuesday, August 17.
In the About Italian Language Forums a member challenges the community to identify a location in the Montalbano TV series, and a discussion about horsemeat (with recipes) Plus the tenth canto of Paradiso in Dante's The Divine Comedy in both Italian and English, in which Dante and Beatrice rise into the fourth sphere of the sun, usually reserved for theologians. Lastly, there are double entendres and malaproprisms starting with the letter D in the alternative Italian dictionary. | |
RIP Il Picconatore
Francesco Cossiga, former interior minister, prime minister, and president of the Italian Republic, died in Rome on Tuesday, August 17. He was 82.
| The Divine Comedy: Paradiso: Canto X
"Guardando nel suo Figlio con l'Amore / che l'uno e l'altro etternalmente spira, / lo primo e ineffabile Valore"
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