Walks in RomeHare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert)
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Walks in Rome
Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert)
Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel
D'Epinay, 57 Via Sistina.
Fabj-Altini, 4 S. Nicolo in Tolentino.
Miss Foley, 53 Via Margutta,--admirable for medallion portraits and
busts, also the author of a beautiful fountain.
*Miss Hosmer, 118 Via Margutta--(Gibson's studio).
Miss Lewis, 8 Via S. Nicolo in Tolentino.
Macdonald, 7 Piazza Barberini.
Rosetti, 55 Via Margutta.
Story, 2 Via S. Nicolo in Tolentino.
Tadolini, 150A Via Babuino.
Wood (Shakspeare), 504 Corso,--excels in medallion portraits.
Wood (Warrington), 7 Piazza Trinità de' Monti.
It is impossible for a traveller who spends only a week or ten days in
Rome to see a tenth part of the sights which it contains. Perhaps the
most important objects are:
_Churches._--S. Peter's, S. John Lateran, Sta. Maria Maggiore, S.
Lorenzo fuori Mura, S. Paoli fuori Mura, S. Agnese fuori Mura, Ara
Cœli, S. Clemente, S. Pietro in Montorio, S. Pietro in Vincoli,
Sta. Sabina, Sta. Prassede and Sta. Pudentiana, S. Gregorio, S.
Stefano Rotondo, Sta. Maria sopra Minerva, Sta. Maria del Popolo.
_Palaces._--Vatican, Capitol, Borghese, Barberini (and, if
possible, Corsini, Colonna, Sciarra, Rospigliosi, and Spada).
_Villas._--Albani, Doria, Borghese, Wolkonski, and, though less
important, Ludovisi.
_Ruins._--Palace of the Cæsars, Temples in Forum, Coliseum, and, if
possible, the ruins in the Ghetto, and the Baths of Caracalla.
It is desirable for the traveller who is pressed for time to apply at
once to his Banker for orders for any of the villas for which they are
necessary. The following scheme will give a good general idea of Rome
and its neighbourhood in a few days. The sights printed in italics can
only be seen on the days to which they are ascribed:--
_Monday._--General view of Capitol, Gallery of Sculpture, Ara
Cœli, General view of Forum, Coliseum, St. John Lateran (with
cloisters), and drive out to the Via Latina and the aqueducts at
Tavolato.
_Tuesday._--Morning: St. Peter's and the Vatican Stanze. Afternoon:
_Villa Albani_, St. Agnese, and drive to the Ponte Nomentana.
_Wednesday._--Go to Tivoli (the Cascades, Cascatelle, and Villa
d'Este).
_Thursday._--Morning: _Palace of the Cæsars._ Afternoon: drive on
the Via Appia as far as Torre Mezzo Strada; in returning, see the
Baths of Caracalla.
_Friday._--Morning: Palazzo Borghese, Palazzo Spada, The Ghetto,
The Temple of Vesta, cross the Ponte Rotto to Sta. Cecilia; and end
in the afternoon at St. Pietro in Montorio and the _Villa Doria_
(or on Monday).
_Saturday._--Frascati and Albano. Drive to Frascati early, take
donkeys, by Rocca di Papa to Mte. Cavo; take luncheon at the
Temple, and return by Palazzuolo and the upper and lower Galleries
to Albano, whither the carriage should be sent on to await you at
the Hotel de Russie. Drive back to Rome in the evening.
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