Paradiso (; Italian for "
Paradise" or "
Heaven") is the third and final part of
Dante's
Divine Comedy, following the
Inferno and the
Purgatorio. It is an
allegory telling of Dante's journey through Heaven, guided by
Beatrice, who symbolises theology. In the poem, Paradise is depicted as a series of concentric spheres surrounding the Earth, consisting of the
Moon,
Mercury,
Venus, the
Sun,
Mars,
Jupiter,
Saturn, the
Fixed Stars, the
Primum Mobile and finally, the
Empyrean. It was written in the early 14th century. Allegorically, the poem represents the soul's ascent to God.