The villa--the most extensive and delightful of the Roman villas, abounding in avenues and woods, fountains and cascades--is situated on the summit of the Janiculum, it is supposed upon the site of a villa of Galba. From the ilex-fringed terrace there is one of the best views of S. Peter's; a lake supporting swans; a temple to the slain amongst the besiegers of Rome in 1849--all of which must be seen to be appreciated. "Galba was buried in his gardens, which are situated on the Aurelian Way, not far from the city" (Eutropius, vii. 16). _Re-entering the city, and descending the hill by the new road, thence by the Via delle Fratte, we reach the_ CHURCH OF S. CECILIA, originally the house of the saint. To the right, on entering, is the tomb of Adam Hereford, Bishop of London, who died in 1398. The second chapel on the right is said to have been the bath-room, and pipes may still be seen in the wall. Beneath the high altar is the statue of S. Cecilia, representing her body as found in the Catacombs of S. Calixtus, "not lying upon the back, like a body in a tomb, but upon its right side, like a virgin in her bed, with her knees modestly drawn together, and offering the appearance of sleep." A golden circlet conceals the wound in her throat that caused her death. The inscription is as follows: "Behold the body of the most holy virgin Cecilia, whom I myself saw lying incorrupt in her tomb. I have in this marble expressed for thee the same saint in the very same posture of body.--Stefano Maderno." Thus, when Cardinal Sfondrati restored the church, in 1599, was the body found in her tomb just as it had been deposited there eight hundred years before, after being found in the Catacombs by Paschal I. (See page 290.) _By the Via de Vascellari and Via Lungaretta we reach the_ CHURCH OF S. CHRISOGONO. Founded by Pope Sylvester, and rebuilt 1623. It has a fine old _opus Alexandrinum_ pavement, and the aisles are formed by twenty-two columns, two in porphyry supporting the arch. A mosaic in the tribune represents the Madonna and Child enthroned between SS. James and Chrisogono. The ceiling was painted by Arpino. _On the left of the piazza is the small street_, MONTE DI FIORE, _in which is the_ STAZIONE VII COHORTI DEI VIGILI (Roman firemen), remodelled and formed into seven watches by Augustus. The building was discovered in 1866. _The custodian conducts the visitor over, fee half a franc._ Descending the stairs we enter a mosaic paved courtyard, with a well in the centre, and on the right a small altar with mural paintings. There are several other chambers, and a bath, with numerous inscriptions on the walls scratched by the firemen during their idle moments. _Going down the_ VIA LUNGARETTA, _we enter the_ PIAZZA OF S. MARIA, in which are a fine fountain and the CHURCH OF S. MARIA.