Fair Italy the Riviera And Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North And So
Fair Italy the Riviera And Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North And So
W Cope William Cope Devereux
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The Pitti Palace was originally built by a rich merchant of that name, and afterwards sold to the Medicii ; it now belongs to the King of Italy. The gardens at the back of the palace are well worth walking through, chiefly on account of the fine views of Florence obtainable from the upper terraces. One of the most enjoyable trips outside Florence is to Fiesole (the mother of Florence), the ancient Fiesula, an Etruscan town, older even than Rome. It is situated in the mountains some thousand fee...t above the valleys. We took a carriage thither, wind- ing our way up the hillsides, and passing many a AND MONTE CARLO. 233 picturesque-looking villa. One of them, Villa Mozzi, is the property of an English artist, Mr. William Spence ; another, the Villa dei Tre Visi — celebrated in one of Boccaccio's tales — belongs to the Earl of Balcarres. This site is much esteemed for the views it commands of the beautiful plains and valleys by which fair Florence is environed. Many of Italy's men of genius have retired to these peaceful abodes, to recruit their health and meditate on those imperishable works of art and literature which are now the admiration of the whole world, adding greatly both to its pleasure and instruction.
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