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Title: Guide to Italy and Sicily
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Macmillan & Co
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Publisher: London, MacMillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ammicheli wasborn in 1484. Its singular andvery beautiful Church of the Ma-donna di Campagna, with an ex-ternal colonnade, was designed bythe celebrated architect. It maybe reached by tramway from thePorta Vescovo, and is visible fromthe railway. Veronals a good centre for excur-sions in the Valpolicella district(see Route 49). VESUVIUS (p. 154). VIAREGGIO (17,000). Rte. 69. Carriages 1 fr.; for two persons,1.50; by the hour, 2.50. A favourite seaside bathing-place,frequented chiefly by Italians in thesummer, with a mild winter climatefor invalids. Pleasant walks maybe taken in the Pineta (pine forest),and to the Villa of the Duchess ofMadrid, 3 m. S. In the PiazzaPaolina is a monument to Shelley,who was drowned here in 1822.The 13th cent, tower in the Piazzadel Mercante is now used as aprison. 4 m. distant is Camajore,an old town in a beautiful situationtowards the N. Montramito rises3 m. E.; and 6 m. distant in themountains is Schiava. VICENZA (43,700). Rtes. 42, 53.Caffe Nazionalc.
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To far... n.™ 394. London: Macmillan & Co., Ld. GUIDE TO ITALY Viterbo 339 Cab, 75 c. the course, 1.50 thehour. The ancient Vicetia, situated atthe confluence of two small rivers,the Bacchiglione and Retrone,which are crossed by eight bridges.One of them, consisting of a singlearch, is ascribed to Palladio,who constructed many of thebuildings in the town. The Piazzadei Signori is a handsome square.Here are two columns erected bythe Venetians, resembling those inthe Piazza S. Marco at Venice, anda campanile 270 ft. high. TheBasilica Palladiana has a grandcolonnade in two stories, Doric andIonic — a fine work of 1549, byPalladio. These columns surroundthe town hall, or Palazzo dellaRagione, a Gothic building.Several of the public buildings andprivate mansions merit attention. The Duomo is a Gothic structure,built in 1467, remarkable for theextreme width of its nave. It con-tains some frescoes and paintings.Some of the sittings of the Councilof Trent were held here. TheChurch of

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