Divine Comedy
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The Divine Comedy is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed c. 1321, shortly before the author's death. It is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian liter
Dante shown holding a copy of the Divine Comedy, next to the entrance to Hell, the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory and the city of Florence, with the spheres of Heaven above, in Domenico di Michelino's 1465 fresco
Dante gazes at Mount Purgatory in an allegorical portrait by Agnolo Bronzino, painted c. 1530
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Purgatorio
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Purgatorio is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and preceding the Paradiso; it was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegorical telling of the climb of Dante u
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…century. It helped establish the Tuscan language, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The poem explores the condition of the soul following death and portrays a vision of divine justice, in which individuals receive…
A page of the Purgatorio at the Laurentian Library
Le Dante, conduit par Virgile, offre des consolations aux âmes des Envieux by Hippolyte Flandrin
Purgatorio, Canto II: Christian souls arrive singing, escorted by an angel
Pia de' Tolomei (La Pia) in a painting by Stefano Ussi, Canto V.