Dante and Beatrice's church in Florence

For two lovers it must be difficult to stay separated. Dante lived about 20 meters from this church, his house is still there, you can visit it. Beatrice went to mass in this little church where all her family members (the Portinari family) were interred and where the ones of Gemma Donati (Dante’s wife) too.
The two met along the street or in this little church where they look each other (that was how far their love arrived…) The church name is Santa Margherita dei Cerchi, but it is known as Dante and Beatrice’s church. A bad painting hanged up one of the walls of the church remembers their first fleeting glance, the moment in which Dante fell in love with Beatrice. But the fact is that this church has become a symbolic place for all the lovers who can’t stay together, whom leave messages on Beatrice’s grave (Please make him come back to me, or Help me I can’t stand loosing him., etc.).

How to get here: From via dei Calzaiuoli follow the indications to Dante’s house.