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Purgatorio (Italian: [purɡaˈtɔːrjo]; Italian for "Purgatory") is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and preceding the Paradiso.The poem was written in the early 14th century.
Dante, poised between the mountain of purgatory and the city of Florence, a detail of a painting by Domenico di Michelino, Florence 1465.. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a long allegorical poem in three parts (or canticas): the Inferno (), Purgatorio (), and Paradiso (), and 100 cantos, with the Inferno having 34, Purgatorio having 33, and Paradiso having 33 cantos.
In the Purgatorio, the second cantica of Dante's poem, penitents reaching the Garden of Eden at the top of Mount Purgatory are first washed in the waters of the river Lethe in order to forget the memories of their mortal sins. They then pass through Eunoe to have the memories of their good deeds in life strengthened.
The search reveals a structure identical to the one in the Divine Comedy. Dante is also namedropped many times in the album. [111] Dante's Inferno: The Graphic Novel (2012) by Joseph Lanzara utilizes Gustave Doré's 1857 illustrations of the Divine Comedy in the form of a comic book inspired by the poem. [112]
A complete listing and criticism of all English translations of at least one of the three cantiche (parts) was made by Cunningham in 1966. [12] The table below summarises Cunningham's data with additions between 1966 and the present, many of which are taken from the Dante Society of America's yearly North American bibliography [13] and Società Dantesca Italiana [] 's international ...
The album includes a studio version of a live performance at the Royal Festival Hall, in London, on March 6, 2004. The show was the opening night of the Ether Electronic Music Festival followed by the world premiere of a restored version of the Italian silent movie “ L'Inferno ” from 1911 by Giuseppe de Liguoro 's, based on the first part ...
Dante and Virgil meeting Sapia in Purgatory, as illustrated by Gustave Doré. Sapia Salvani (Siena, c. 1210 – Colle di Val d'Elsa, c. 1278) was a Sienese noblewoman. [1] In Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, she is placed among the envious souls of Purgatory for having rejoiced when her fellow Sienese townspeople, led by her nephew Provenzano Salvani, lost to the Florentine Guelphs at the ...
Purgatorio may refer to: Purgatorio, the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy; Purgatorio (album), 2004 Tangerine Dream album; Purgatorio (Avella), frazione of Avella, Italy; The third movement of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 10 (Mahler), left incomplete at the time of his death.