THE THIRD PARADISE IN THE PARADISE OF THE FRIARS • Inauguration of Michelangelo Pistoletto's work of art, permanent installation. • Tuesday 2 August 2022 - 6.30 pm Convent of the Capuchin Friars of Monterosso al Mare. At one time the garden and vegetable garden of the Convent of the Capuchin Friars of Monterosso was traditionally called by the people with the name of "Paradise of the friars". A place then accessible only to the religious and the few men of the village who went to work the land and who told the villagers of this paradise overlooking the splendid sea and in front of the sky. In a corner of this paradise under two almond trees and in the area of ​​the "garden of the simple" of the convent, the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto has chosen to create a permanent installation of one of his most famous and well-known works: "Il Terzo Paradiso". He set it up using original terracotta pots created by the artist himself that form the three circles, with aromatic plants taken from the simple garden and black and white gravel that enhance the two antithetical opposites. Thus wrote the artist on the plaque installed in front of the work: "A line, crossing twice, creates three consecutive circles. The two external ones - the world of nature and the one created by man - represent the opposite polarities, that is, all the elements that are different from each other, opposite, antithetical and adverse. In the central circle their conjunction, union, fertilization, fusion takes place and thus peace, balance, harmony, beauty and love are created. We enter a new world, the third stage of humanity. It is the Third Paradise ". #monterosso #convento #frati #convent #friars #terzoparadiso #thirdparadise #pistoletto #michelangelopistoletto #artwork