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Italian gardens (1907)

Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 44

An illustration from Italian gardens, 1907, leaf 44
e the Campus Martins, towards the Vatican Palace andgardens, St. Peters, the Janiculum and Vatican Hills, with Mte. Marioto the right. Begun towards the middle of the sixteenth century fromdesigns of Annibale Lippi, for Giovanni Ricci of Mte. Pulciano whomPope Julius III. made a Cardinal in 1551,… … It has been suggested that Michael Angelo designed the gardenia9ade of the palazzo, but this is disputed or at least does not appear tobe proved. That it is a remarkably successful work and worthy of anymaster, no one can deny. The cleverness and originality of thedecoration of this fafade with its…

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