Elgood, George Samuel, 1851- · London, New York, Bombay & Calcutta : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 77
the grottoes andunderground chambers still retain their frescoes, and the semicircularcolonnade at the rear of the casino is adorned with frescoes by thecelebrated Taddeo Zucchero, who has here given rein to his fancy 37 in the most playful fashion. The walls are covered with grotteschi,and the… … VILLA PIATTI It is only necessary to glance at Giambattista Nollis great Plan of Rome,published in 1748, to see, that dovetailed in between the villas of thegreat Lords and Cardinals were innumerable smaller villas and vigne.Those which have escaped the net of the speculative builder are nowchiefly…
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