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At the top is a charming balustraded pool, where the water for the cascade and fountains is collected. The bosco are of ilex, and at the intersection of the principal walks stand fine fountains.
CASCADE, VILLA TORLONIA.
Old Gardens of Italy 143 VILLA BORGESE, FRASCATI.
OR Taverna. Given to Pope Paul V. (Camillo Borgese, 1605-21) by Count Taverna, Governor of Rome. Shown freely. The garden is small, but the disposition of the grounds retain their original design. The sunk semi-circular court is ...good, and thegiardino secreto is entered through a picturesque doorway.
The fine entrance gateway to the villa, with its avenue, is now disused.
VILLA ALDOBRANDINI, FRASCATI.
WAS begun in 1598 for Cardinal Pietro Aldobran- dini, nephew of Clement VIII. Designed by Giacomo della Porta. The engineer who carried out the water- works was Orazio Olivieri. Per- messo obtainable at the Frascati hotels.
The chief features of the grounds are the cascade and water theatre. Dr. G. Burnet, who saw them in 1686, writes: "The water-works in the Aldo- brandini Palace have a magnificence in them beyond all I ever saw in France, the mixture of Wind with the Water and the Thunders and Storms that this maketh is noble.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
At the top is a charming balustraded pool, where the water for the cascade and fountains is collected. The bosco are of ilex, and at the intersection of the principal walks stand fine fountains.
CASCADE, VILLA TORLONIA.
Old Gardens of Italy 143 VILLA BORGESE, FRASCATI.
OR Taverna. Given to Pope Paul V. (Camillo Borgese, 1605-21) by Count Taverna, Governor of Rome. Shown freely. The garden is small, but the disposition of the grounds retain their original design. The sunk semi-circular court is ...good, and thegiardino secreto is entered through a picturesque doorway.
The fine entrance gateway to the villa, with its avenue, is now disused.
VILLA ALDOBRANDINI, FRASCATI.
WAS begun in 1598 for Cardinal Pietro Aldobran- dini, nephew of Clement VIII. Designed by Giacomo della Porta. The engineer who carried out the water- works was Orazio Olivieri. Per- messo obtainable at the Frascati hotels.
The chief features of the grounds are the cascade and water theatre. Dr. G. Burnet, who saw them in 1686, writes: "The water-works in the Aldo- brandini Palace have a magnificence in them beyond all I ever saw in France, the mixture of Wind with the Water and the Thunders and Storms that this maketh is noble.
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