  Here we discuss how some medieval scholars in the Western Europe viewed the
form of the world and the problem of the Antipodes, starting from the Natural
History written by Pliny and ending in the Hell of Dante Alighieri. From the
center of the Earth, Dante and Virgil came to the Antipodes: eventually, their
existence was accepted. Among the others, we will discuss the works of the
Venerable Bede and Sylvester the Second.
