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Italian gardens (1907)

Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 132

An illustration from Italian gardens, 1907, leaf 132
in the fountains and other works abouthis garden, that only one casino of the two he had planned was built, andso matters remained until his death. No such restrictions seem to have been placed upon his successor,Alessandro Damasceno Peretti, Cardinal Montalto, a nephew of PopeSixtus v., who, about… … bearings (the lion, the three-lobed mount, and the star), which in someform or other are introduced on several of the fountains, &c. When it is considered that the various works about this villa musthave extended over a period of fifty years or more, it is impossible topraise too highly the…

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