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Torquato Tasso, Italian poet and educator (died 1595)

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Torquato Tasso

Italian poet (1544–1595)

Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1581 poem Gerusalemme liberata, in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem of 1099.
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March 11

Day of the year

March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 295 days remain until the end of the year.
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