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
_Sunday._--Morning: Sta. Maria del Popolo on way to English Church.
Afternoon: St. Peter's again; drive to Monte Mario (Villa Mellini),
or in the Villa Borghese, and end with the Pincio.
_2d Monday._--Morning: Sta. Prassede, Sta. Pudentiana, Sta. Maria
Maggiore. Afternoon: Sta. Sabina, Priorato Garden, English
Cemetery, S. Paolo, and the Tre Fontane.
_2d Tuesday._--Morning: Vatican Sculptures. Afternoon: S. Gregorio,
S. Stefano Rotondo, S. Clemente, S. Pietro in Vincoli, Sta. Maria
degli Angeli, S. Lorenzo fuori Mura, and drive out to the Torre dei
Schiavi, returning by the Porta Maggiore.
_2d Wednesday._--Morning: Palazzo Barberini, _Palazzo Rospigliosi_,
(and on Saturdays) Vatican Pictures. Afternoon: Forum in detail,
SS. Cosmo and Damian, and ascend the Coliseum.
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The following list may be useful as a guide to some of the best subjects
for artists who wish to draw at Rome, and have not much time to search
for themselves:--
_Morning Light_:
Temple of Vesta with the fountain.
Arch of Constantine from the Coliseum (early).
Coliseum from behind Sta. Francesca Romana (early).
Temples in the Forum from the School of Xanthus.
View from the Garden of the Rupe Tarpeia.
In the Garden of S. Giovanni e Paolo.
In the Garden of S. Buonaventura.
In the Garden of the S. Bartolomeo in Isola.
In the Garden of S. Onofrio.
On the Tiber from Poussin's Walk.
From the door of the Villa Medici.
At S. Cosimato.
At the back entrance of Ara Cœli.
At the Portico of Octavia.
Looking to the Arch of Titus up the Via Sacra.
In the Cloister of the Lateran.
In the Cloister of the Certosa.
Near the Temple of Bacchus.
On the Via Appia, beyond Cecilia Metella.
Torre Mezza Strada on the Via Appia.
Torre Nomentana, looking to the mountains.
Ponte Nomentana, looking to the Mons Sacer.
Torre dei Schiavi, looking towards Tivoli.
Aqueducts at Tavolato.
_Evening Light_:
From St. John Lateran.
From the Ponte Rotto.
From the Terrace of the Villa Doria (St. Peter's).
Palace of the Cæsars--Roman side--looking to Sta. Balbina.
Palace of the Cæsars--French side--looking to the Coliseum.
Apse of S. Giovanni e Paolo.
Near the Navicella.
Garden of the Villa Mattei.
Garden of the Villa Wolkonski.
Garden of the Priorato.
Porta S. Lorenzo.
Torre dei Schiavi, looking towards Rome.
Via Latina, looking towards the Aqueducts.
Via Latina, looking towards Rome.
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