The Mediterranean: Its Storied Cities and Venerable RuinsAllen, Grant
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The Mediterranean: Its Storied Cities and Venerable Ruins
Allen, Grant
Europe, Southern -- Description and travel; Mediterranean Region -- Description and travel
Elba, quarries and mines of, 203;
Napoleon's confinement, plans for improving the island, and his
escape, 203-206
El Hacho, signal-tower at Gibraltar, 16, 26
Elliot, General, Monument at Gibraltar to, 13;
the siege of Gibraltar, 17, 18
English statuary, Defective, 13
Eryx, 318
Esparto grass, 56
Espérandieu, and the church of Notre Dame de la Garde, Marseilles, 117
Estepona, 23
Estérel, The, 148, 150
Etna, 295-303
Etruscans, The, 211
Euganean Hills, The, 230
Eugénie, Empress, Spanish origin of, 55
Euroklydon, The, at Malta, 270
Europa Point, Gibraltar, 13;
cottage at, 14, 18
Euthymenes, 97;
statue at Marseilles, 100
F
Falicon, 139, 144
Famine at Genoa, 165
Ferdinand, Don, and the Portuguese at Ceuta, 25
Ferdinand and Isabella, reception of Columbus at Barcelona, 69, 83
Ferdinand IV., 317
Ferrat, Cape, 141
Fiescho, Count, 177
Filfla, 271
Flower Market, at Marseilles, 102;
at Barcelona, 63
Follonica, 209
Folquet, 121
Formica, 209
Fortifications of Gibraltar, 16;
of Genoa, 164;
of Cannes, 152;
Ventimiglia, 157
Fortuny, his paintings at Barcelona, 66, 80
Fossa Claudia, 230
France, and the siege of Gibraltar, 16;
captures Genoa, 164;
and Barcelona, 84
Fraser, General, and the English expedition to Egypt of 1807, 256
Frejus, Gulf of, 147
Funeral at Venice, A, 229
Funerals at Barcelona, 75
G
Galliera, Duchess of, and the Palazzo Rosso, Genoa, 172
Garibaldi, Birthplace of, 126;
crossing Calabria, 298;
landing at Marsala, 318
Genoa, once a rival of Venice, 160;
its detractors, 161;
the beauty of its women, 162;
history, 163, 164;
old and new towns, 166;
position, and view from the slopes, 166;
mediæval churches, narrowness of streets, and the _palazza_, 168;
the Via Nuova, 170;
Fergusson on the architecture of, 171;
the Palazzo Ducale, and the Statue of Hercules, 172, 173;
incidents in the life of Doria, 176;
monument to Columbus, 177;
the "old dogana," 179;
the Exchange, trade in coral, precious metals, and filigree work, 180;
the cathedral, 180;
reputed origin of, 182;
church of L'Annunziata, and the Campo Santo, 182;
the environs, 184;
meeting-place of the Rivieras, 185;
railway to Spezzia, and places on the coast, 187
George I., and Gibraltar, 22
Giardini, 298
Gibel Mo-osa, Moorish name of Ceuta, 26
Gibraltar, 4;
Robert Browning's reference to, 6;
resemblance to a lion, 7;
landing at, 8;
variety of nationalities at, 10;
picturesqueness, 10;
population, 11;
strict military regulations, and chief objects of interest, 12, 13;
Moorish Castle, 15;
fortifications, 16;
siege of, 16-19;
capitulation to the Prince of Hesse, 22;
the "key of the Mediterranean," 21
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