 The traditional place where the assassination took place would have been the Gradara castle.The story is told in a memorable passage from of Dante's Inferno ( Canto V ).Dante inserted the episode in homage to Paolo whom he had known in his youth in Florence; many years later, long since in exile, he was called to Ravenna by Francesca's father and got to know the historical site of the story recounted by him years before.