Geographic Location

Name: Paradiso terrestre

Alternate Name: Eden

Source: biblical

Nature: mythical

Description: Place where Adam and Eve lived after they were created by God. Dante locates Eden at the summit of the mountain of Purgatory.

Images:

Botticelli, Sandro

Botticelli, Ascent to Heaven

Botticelli, Earthly Paradise

Botticelli, Fate of Church

Botticelli, Matelda

Botticelli, Procession

Vellutello, Alessandro (commissioner)

Vellutello, Beatrice's prophecy

Vellutello, Cart

Vellutello, griffin

Vellutello, Immersion in Lethe

Vellutello, Renewal of Tree