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Closed for four decades (1978-2023), the space has been redeveloped alongside the square and will soon reopen with entertainment venues, performances, and dining options ranging from breakfast to after-dinner experiences.<\/p>\n","iu_addr_streetnumber":"Dante Alighieri Square","related":false,"iu_document_label":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oggetto\/12561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oggetto"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oggetto"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oggetto\/12561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12561"},{"taxonomy":"aggr","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aggr?post=12561"},{"taxonomy":"area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area?post=12561"},{"taxonomy":"kind","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kind?post=12561"},{"taxonomy":"zona","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visit.valueservice.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zona?post=12561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}