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Political faction disputes led to Dante Alighieri's exile from which Italian city, where he never set foot again?
Answer
Florence
Dante was a prominent White Guelph politician in Florence; when the rival Black Guelphs seized power in 1301, he was condemned and permanently banished from the city.
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Dante Alighieri was exiled from Florence for political faction disputes, then spent 20 years writing The Divine Comedy while banned from his home city.
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