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
"Oceanus River," designation of the Atlantic in Homeric times, 2
Octavius, defeat of Antony at Mustapha Pacha, 251
Odessa, 123
O'Hara's Folly, tower at Gibraltar, 17
Orange, 110
Oranges, at Spezzia, 189
Orbitello, Etruscan relics at, 210
Ortygia, Island of, 303;
temple of Jupiter, and the Latonia, 304;
Greek Theatre, 305
Ostia, 216, 217
Ostrogoths, The, and Marseilles, 109
P
Pæstum, Temples of, 349, 350
Paillon, The, 139
Paintings in the Palais des Arts, Marseilles, 115
_Palazzi_, The, of Genoa and Venice, 168
Palermo, 312;
first impressions disappointing, and the imposing aspect of the
streets, 312;
the Palazzo Reale, 315;
the Cappella Palatina, church of Martorana, and the Cathedral, 316;
observatory, Monreale, 316;
museum, and the rocks of Pellegrino, etc., 321, 322;
the Piazza Marina, 322;
its beauty at sunset, 323
Pallanza, 147
Pammilus of Megara, and the founding of Selinus, 319
Pastoret, 122
Patrick, St., at St. Honorat, 150
Paul, St., wrecked at Gzeier, 271;
popularity at Malta, 293
Peak of Teneriffe, and the rock at Ceuta, 27
Pegli, 186
Pellegrino, Monte, 316, 317
Pellew, Admiral, and the destruction of the pirate fleet, 215
Pelusium, ruins of, 263
Perini del Vaga, his frescoes at Genoa, 175
Petrarch, 333
Pharos of Tarifa, The, 3
Philip V., 22;
bombards Barcelona, 83
Phocæa, 94
Phoenicians, their designation of Ceuta, 26;
at Marseilles, 95;
and Malaga, 46
Pianosa, 206;
historical associations, 206
Pietra Santa, 197
Pietro Negro, 271
"Pillars of Hercules," 1;
in Homeric times, 2, 5, 24, 96
Pindar and his designation of Agrigentum, 308
Piombino, 207
Pirates of Barbary, 97
Pisa, rival of Genoa, 163;
Cathedral, Campo Santo, baptistry, and leaning tower of, 198, 199
Plague, The, at Marseilles, 112, 113;
at Palermo, 317
Pliny, 247
Polyphemus and Aci Reale, 198
Pompey's Pillar, 247
Pons, St., 139
Populonia, 207;
defeat of Lars Porsenna of Clusium, and possession by the Etruscans,
208
Port Said, 258;
coaling station, 262
Porto (Tuscany), 216, 217
Portugal, King John takes Ceuta from the Moors, 25
Pozzuoli, Bay of, 326, 334, 335;
town of, 335;
allusion of Alexandre Dumas, 338
Prim, Monument to, at Barcelona, 69
Proserpine, Temple of, at Imtarfa, 292
Ptolemy Philadelphus and the Temple of Arsenoe, 252
Punta de Africa, The, the African Pillar of Hercules, 24
Pyrgos, 214
Pytheas, 97;
statue at Marseilles, 100
Q
Quarry of the Cappucini, 305
R
Rabato, 272
Rameses, and Pelusium, 263
Ramleh, 251
Rapallo, Bay of, 186
Raphael, 175
Raphael, St., 146
Raymond des Tours, 121
Recco, 186
Revolution, French, and Venice, 222
Riva, 147
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