Torquato Tasso was a famous Italian poet from the 16th-century. His most-regarded piece was Gerusalemme Liberata (Jerusalem Delivered) and his legacy inspired artists such as Goethe, Leopardi, and Byron. In his final years, in which he suffered from a severe mental illness and poor health, Tasso’s ambition to be publicly recognized for his artistic talent by Pope Clement VIII was thwarted by his sudden death in the convent of Sant’Onofrio in April 1595. The same convent that now houses his tomb. During his stay in Rome awaiting the pope’s promised…
