Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 198
, thesun sets early : a place well suited for the long hot summer days. Asingle terrace carries villa and farmstead, with the podere stretching aboveand below. The casino divides this terrace unequally, and has ori oneside a loggia looking on to a well-shaded garden-court, and on the other asimilar… … into the summer. A retaining wall, adorned with an architectural screenof pilasters and entablature, with statues in niches at frequent intervals,and other touches of ornament in lighter vein, runs the whole length ofthe garden. The central niche is emphasised by a quaint pedimentalarrangement…
Gardens
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