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From the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Count Ugolino della Gherardesca, in the group of traitors with Archbishop Ruggeri of which eats the skull. …

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From the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Count Ugolino della Gherardesca, in the group of traitors with Archbishop Ruggeri of which eats the skull. In life he was imprisoned in a tower by Ruggeri and left to starve with his children. Big poignant song of Dante that leaves the question open whether the end before dying Ugolino has dined on the flesh of children, or whether it is simply died of starvation. is a real character, for information you can visit: 

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