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Wikipedia: The Badìa Fiorentina is an abbey and church of the Fraternity of Jerusalem situated on the Via del Proconsolo in the centre of Florence, Italy. It is famous for being the parish church of Beatrice Portinari, the love of Dante's life, and the place where he watched her at Mass, for Dante grew up across the street in what is now called the 'Casa di Dante', rebuilt in 1910 as a museum to Dante (though in reality unlikely to be his real home). He would have heard the monks singing the Mass and the Offices here in Latin Gregorian chant, all of which he includes in the Commedia.
![[Entrance to Badia Fiorentina]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Badia_Fiorentina_ingresso_s.jpg "Entrance to Badia Fiorentina")
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