Who we areThe Dante Alighieri Society Cairns Inc is the Italian Society of Cairns!
We promote the Italian language and culture across the Cairns area through language classes, cultural events and social activities. Our members receive benefits like discounted event pricing and supporter business discounts - locally, nationally and internationally. The CommitteeDante Cairns is coordinated by a Management Committee.
Committee members are elected annually, early in the new year, at the annual general meeting. Committee members must be financial members. The Management Committee meets monthly on the first Tuesday of the month. |
Our Positions & People
The 2020 Committee are:
Annual general meeting
Our annual general meeting (AGM) is held within the first 3 months of the new calendar year, following completion of the previous year's financial audit.
The 2020 AGM was held Tuesday 28 January 2020 7.30 pm at the Cairns City Library Meeting Room, 151 Abbott Street, Cairns. Thank you to everyone who attended. Testimonials |
About Dante Cairns
The Dante Alighieri Society Cairns Inc – Dante Cairns is a non-profit organisation managed by passionate volunteers. Dante Cairns was first established in 1985. We now have over 380 people on the mailing list and a growing number of supporters.
We are a non-religious and non-political organisation. Our aim is to promote Italian language and culture throughout the Cairns region. We welcome you to join us for language classes, film nights, cultural events, special celebrations and other social activities.
We are a non-religious and non-political organisation. Our aim is to promote Italian language and culture throughout the Cairns region. We welcome you to join us for language classes, film nights, cultural events, special celebrations and other social activities.
About the Società Dante Alighieri
The head office of the Società Dante Alighieri, Dante Alighieri Society (DAS), in Rome was founded in 1889 and inspired by the great Nobel prize winning poet, Giosuè Carducci.
The mission of DAS is to "tutelare e diffondere la lingua e la cultura italiane nel mondo, ravvivando i legami spirituali dei connazionali all’estero con la madre patria e alimentando tra gli stranieri l’amore e il culto per la civiltà italiana" (protect and spread the Italian language and culture in the world, reviving the spiritual ties of compatriots abroad with the mother country and nurturing love and worship for Italian civilization among foreigners).
There are now over 450 branches of DAS worldwide, with DAS branches in many capital and regional Australian cities. To learn more about DAS see https://ladante.it
The mission of DAS is to "tutelare e diffondere la lingua e la cultura italiane nel mondo, ravvivando i legami spirituali dei connazionali all’estero con la madre patria e alimentando tra gli stranieri l’amore e il culto per la civiltà italiana" (protect and spread the Italian language and culture in the world, reviving the spiritual ties of compatriots abroad with the mother country and nurturing love and worship for Italian civilization among foreigners).
There are now over 450 branches of DAS worldwide, with DAS branches in many capital and regional Australian cities. To learn more about DAS see https://ladante.it
Dante Alighieri (Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri) is considered the greatest Italian poet and writer.
He was born in 1265 (Florence, Italy) and died in 1321 (Ravenna, Italy). His most famous work is La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy). Other works also include La vita nuova; Convivio; De Monarchia; Di vulgari eloquentia. Dante wrote The Divine Comedy in vernacular Italian rather than Latin, and consequently influenced the course of literary development in Italy. The Divine Comedy would later set the standard for literary Italian language.
In 2020, Dante Alighieri’s 700th death anniversary, the Italian government has established the National Dante Day, or Dantedì.
Dantedì will be observed annually on March 25.
Read more about Dante at:
Dante – Italian Poet (Encyclopaedia Britannica) | Dante Alighieri (Wikipedia)
He was born in 1265 (Florence, Italy) and died in 1321 (Ravenna, Italy). His most famous work is La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy). Other works also include La vita nuova; Convivio; De Monarchia; Di vulgari eloquentia. Dante wrote The Divine Comedy in vernacular Italian rather than Latin, and consequently influenced the course of literary development in Italy. The Divine Comedy would later set the standard for literary Italian language.
In 2020, Dante Alighieri’s 700th death anniversary, the Italian government has established the National Dante Day, or Dantedì.
Dantedì will be observed annually on March 25.
Read more about Dante at:
Dante – Italian Poet (Encyclopaedia Britannica) | Dante Alighieri (Wikipedia)