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
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.
Pia de' Tolomei
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Pia de' Tolomei was an Italian noblewoman from Siena identified as "la Pia," a minor character in Dante's Divine Comedy who was murdered by her husband without seeking absolution. Her brief presence i
Dante, Virgil and Pia de' Tolomei by Gustave Doré.
Pia de' Tolomei by Raffaele Giannetti
Melancholy, or Pia de' Tolomei by Eliseo Sala, 1846.
Pia de' Tolomei taken to the castle of Maremma by Vincenzo Cabianca.