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
Monaco, description of, 153, 155
Monreale, Cathedral and Abbey of, 316
Monte Carlo, 131;
its beauty, 155
Monte-Cristo and Château d'If, 105
Montpellier, 90
Monuments to Elliot and Wellington at Gibraltar, 13
Moorish Castle at Gibraltar, 15
Moors in Gibraltar, 10;
Ceuta taken from the, 25;
in Spain, 47
Mosque of the Djama-el-Kebir at Tangier, 6;
at Algiers, 31
Mosques of Alexandria, 250
Murano, 231
Musta, 292
Mustapha Pacha, 251
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Naples, its population and trade, 95;
beauty of position, and charming environs, 325;
sordid surroundings of the port, 327;
streets, trades, and _al fresco_ toilettes, 328;
Piazza degli Orefici, and cruelty to animals, 329, 330;
snails, goats, water sellers, and chapel of St. Januarius, 330;
churches of Sta. Chiara, S. Domenico Maggiore, and S. Lorenzo, 332;
antiquities of National Museum, Capri, Villa Nazionale, and Grotto di
Posilipo, 333;
"Corniche" of Posilipo, and Roman ruins, 335;
Pozzuoli, 335;
Monte Nuovo and Avernus, 337;
environs of Baiæ and Cumæ, and fascination of Capri, 339;
the drive to Castellamare, 345;
Sorrento, 346;
Amalfi, 347;
Salerno, 349
Napoleon, Wars of, and Tarifa, 4;
and Genoa, 165, 181;
seizure of Barcelona, 83;
defeat at Alexandria, 251, 255;
and a project for a Suez Canal, 264;
at Malta, 287;
confinement at Elba, and escape, 203-206;
at Venice, 222
Napoleon III., acquires Nice, 129
Negroes at Gibraltar, 10
Nelson, feasted at the Moorish Castle, Gibraltar, 16;
victory at Aboukir Bay, 253, 254;
at Capraja, 207
Nervi, 186
Nevada, Sierra, 58, 59
Nicæa, 126, 127
Nice, 21, 96, 102;
the Queen of the Riviera, 124;
mountains, and its detractors, 125;
three distinct towns--Greek, Italian, and French, 126;
harbor and village of Limpia, and its early history, 127;
Castle Hill, 128;
Raüba Capeu, and the _mistral_, 131;
Italian division and the Promenade du Midi, 132;
cathedral of St. Réparate, the modern town, and the Promenade des
Anglais, 133;
beauty of the private gardens, carnival and battle of flowers, 134,
135;
the Jardin Public, quays on the Paillon bank and casino, 137;
theatre, Préfecture, flower market, the Ponchettes, the Place Masséna,
the Boulevards Victor Hugo and Dubouchage, Cimiez and Carabacel,
138;
suburbs, 139;
the road to Monte Carlo, and Monaco, 141;
Villefranche, and the infinite charms of, 141;
heights of Mont Alban, and the Magnan valley, 143;
"gloriously beautiful," 144
Nicholas Alexandrowitch, The Czarewitch, death at Nice, 138
Nile, The, alluvial deposit, 237;
battle of the, 253;
fertilizing properties, 260
Nimes, 110
Notabile, antiquity and manufactures, 290;
cathedral and churches, 292
Nuovo, Monte, 337
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