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Identifier: guidetoitalysici00macm (find matches)
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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atro Farnese(50 c), a tasteful little buildin6in the style of Palladio ; and herewas situated the famous printingpress of Bodoni (1766 et seq.). The Convento di S. Paolo,formerly belonging to Benedictinenuns, is now attached to theMuseum (50 c). In the Cameradi S. Paolo are some excellentfrescoes of cupids and mythologicalsubjects by Correggio. The Giardino Pubblico, con-nected with the Museum by abridge, the Ponte Verde (of Romanorigin), over the river Parma, is avery attractive garden. At itsN.E. corner is the Palazzo delGiardino, adorned with frescoesby Agostino Caracci and others. APromenade, on the line of the oldfortifications, encircles the town. PAVIA (34,000). Rtes. 18, 22,33, 51, 60, 64. The ancient Ticinum, is situatedon the left bank of the Tic i no justabove its confluence with the Po. The Cathedral, a large buildingof the Early Renaissance period,with a modern dome, is not architecturally interesting. Close by isthe huge Torre Maggiore (256 ft.). 164 Pavia GUIDE TO ITALY
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Walker & Cockerell &c San Pietro in Ciel dOro, a 12thcentury church, with a goodRomanesque facade and an octagonaldome, contains the wonderful Arcadi S. Agostino, executed in 1362 byMatteo and Bonino da Campiglione.Below is the effigy of the saint, sur-rounded by distinguished membersof his Order. Above are varioussculptures and reliefs, comprisingaltogether nearly 300 figures inwhite marble. The chief mournersare S. Monica, St. Augustinesmother, and three Doctors of the Latin Church, SS. Gregory, Am-brose, and Jerome. S. Michele, a Romanesque churchof the 11th cent., has a front coveredwith sculpture of the most extra-ordinary and grotesque description.The choir is raised upon a semi-crypt, and has a piece of very an-cient pavement. The capitals of thenave are richly carved, and on itsmassive piers are some remains ofancient frescoes. S. M. del Carmine is a beautifulGothic church of brick, dating from GUIDE TO ITALY Perugia 165 the 14th cent. S. Francesco hasa tine 13th cent,

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