Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book to Italy, Volume 231865 |
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... Academies , 207 American Church , 162 American Legation , 162 Apollo Belvedere , 197 Aqueducts , 170 , 210 Arches , 210 Atrium Vestæ , 210 Basilicas , 174 Baths , 211 ROME - Continued . Benevolent Institu- tions , Hospitals , INDEX .
... Academies , 207 American Church , 162 American Legation , 162 Apollo Belvedere , 197 Aqueducts , 170 , 210 Arches , 210 Atrium Vestæ , 210 Basilicas , 174 Baths , 211 ROME - Continued . Benevolent Institu- tions , Hospitals , INDEX .
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... arches . Narni , aqueduct and bridge . Benevento , an arch . Ancona , mole and arch . Capua and Pozzuoli , parts of amphitheatres . Verona , an amphitheatre . Aosta , arch and gate . Very little of what is called in England , Gothic or ...
... arches . Narni , aqueduct and bridge . Benevento , an arch . Ancona , mole and arch . Capua and Pozzuoli , parts of amphitheatres . Verona , an amphitheatre . Aosta , arch and gate . Very little of what is called in England , Gothic or ...
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... arches . Chief town of Dijon . - Buffet for refreshment . department Côte d'Or , and old capital of Bur- gundy . Côte d'Or Hills in view . Cathedral , with tall spire , 328 feet high . Old cathedral church . Ancient Palais des Etats ...
... arches . Chief town of Dijon . - Buffet for refreshment . department Côte d'Or , and old capital of Bur- gundy . Côte d'Or Hills in view . Cathedral , with tall spire , 328 feet high . Old cathedral church . Ancient Palais des Etats ...
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... arches of 80 feet span , and was begun by Napoleon . It commands a fine panorama ; and the best view of the city is ... arch , 147 feet wide and 40 broad , built by Mosca ; and from Piazza Castello , Contrada Nuova runs scuth through ...
... arches of 80 feet span , and was begun by Napoleon . It commands a fine panorama ; and the best view of the city is ... arch , 147 feet wide and 40 broad , built by Mosca ; and from Piazza Castello , Contrada Nuova runs scuth through ...
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... arch , nearly 50 feet high , dedicated to him in the year 8 B.C. , remains . The Cathedral of St. Just is of the twelfth century . Near it is the ruined fort of Brunetta , demolished by the French in 1798. The rocks here , " exposed to ...
... arch , nearly 50 feet high , dedicated to him in the year 8 B.C. , remains . The Cathedral of St. Just is of the twelfth century . Near it is the ruined fort of Brunetta , demolished by the French in 1798. The rocks here , " exposed to ...
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Alessandria Alps ancient Ancona Angelo Antipope Apennines arches Austrians bas-reliefs Basilica Baths beautiful Bishop of Rome Bradshaw's bridge bronze building built Cæsar called Cardinal castle Cathedral century Chapel Christ Church Civita Vecchia columns contains Convent Corso Cross Doge of Venice Duke Duomo Emperor of Germany English Exarch of Ravenna feet high Ferrara Florence Forum founded France French frescoes gallery gardens Garibaldi Genoa Giovanni Gothic Grand Hotel Guercino hill House inscriptions island Italian Italy King Lake Lombards Madonna Maggiore Mantua marble Medici Milan miles Monte mosaics mountain Naples ornamented painter paintings Palace Palazzo Palermo Peter Piazza Pietro pillars Pisa Pius Pompeii Ponte Pope population Porta portico portraits rail railway rebuilt river road Roman round Route Santa Maria seat Sicily side Stat station statues Strada streets style Temple Theatre Tiber Titian tomb tower town Turin Tuscany Villa Virgin walls wine
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Page 275 - Proprietor. — A new establishment, -*~^ in an open and airy situation, close to the Railway Station. Large and small apartments, scrupulously clean. Table d'Hote at 11 and 6 o'clock. Moderate charges. Chanibery is the route to India by "Mont Cenis," now recommended to families and tourists.
Page 216 - West's perusal. Imprimis, a house, being in circumference a quarter of a mile, two feet and an inch; the said house containing the following particulars, to wit, a great room. Item, another great room; item, a bigger room; item, another room; item, a vast room; item, a sixth of the same; a seventh ditto; an eighth as before; a ninth as abovesaid; a tenth (See No.
Page 168 - Musical ever ; while from yon blue hills Dim in the clouds, the radiant aqueducts Turn their innumerable arches o'er The spacious desert, brightening in the sun, Proud and more proud in their august approach High o'er irriguous vales and woods and towns, Glide the soft whispering waters in the wind, And here united pour their silver streams Among the figured rocks, in murmuring falls, Musical ever.
Page 55 - We must now proceed to the two great poems which were produced at the end of the eleventh or beginning of the twelfth century.
Page 150 - Horribly beautiful! but on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn; Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 135 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
Page 173 - I never can realize the idea that it is the work of man. You strive to distinguish the ceiling as little as the canopy of heaven. You lose your way in St. Peter's, you take a walk in it, and ramble till you are quite tired; when divine service is performed and chanted there, you are not aware of it till you come quite close.
Page 278 - HOTEL PENSION VICTORIA Finest situation, near the English Garden. Splendid view on the Lake and the Alps. Very moderate prices. No charge for light and attendance. Omnibus at the Station.
Page 70 - Gondolier," It glides along the water looking blackly, Just like a coffin clapt in a canoe, Where none can make out what you say or do.
Page 150 - Lo ! where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread — a matchless cataract...