Show they love dante A magnificent upper chamber of the municipal palace the palazzo vecchio Vec ohio iu florence is set apart in memory of the great acet dante to each of the 69 provinces and all of the larger cities and towns of united italy have contributed tri buted a banner in his honor thero are over of these banners in all and the donors in eager emulation have tried to make each offering more beautiful than the others the banners are of the differing colors of the provinces and bear their arms in exquisite embroidery or in paintings by the first living artists the fervor of the homage paid here to the immortal italian poet stirs the heart of even the passing stranger whatever the jealousies or estrangement of these people beside hia tomb they ore united donth sonth s companion |