Via Dante

DANTE

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is an important and elegant pedestrian street in central Milan, Italy, connecting Piazzale Cordusio

Piazzale Cordusio

Piazza Cordusio is a square in central Milan, Italy. The piazza takes its name from the Cors Ducis which was found in the square during Longobard times. It is well-known for its several turn-of-the-19th-century Neoclassical, eclectic and Art Nouveau buildings, banks and post offices...

 (Cordusio (Milan Metro)) and Largo Cairoli (Cairoli (Milan Metro)). It is very near to the city's Castello Sforzesco

Castello Sforzesco

Castello Sforzesco is a castle in Milan, Italy, that used to be the seat and residence of the Duchy of Milan and one of the biggest citadels in Europe and now houses several of the city's museums and art collections.-History:...

 and is named after the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...

. It is known for containing several theatres, shops, restaurants, cafés, palaces and bars.

The street is flocked by numerous fine buildings, mainly from the 18th and 19th centuries. Notable ones include the city's Piccolo Teatro, (literally "small theatre"). Until 1958, it contained several transport links and a tramway line, but eversince 1996, the street is fully pedestrian.