d instead of the savoury steamof the kitchen, there is now onlythe fume of the pitch which thefishermen boil here in large caul-drons for caulking their boats. We regained thebeach through the neglected convent garden. The Franciscan convent of S. Maria di Spilitza(= Ital. Spelonchetta) stands on a… … Fitr. 72. Ch. XXI.] The Island of Mezzo. 395 chiesa matrice. The convent is said to havebeen founded in 1484, and the church is ofthat date, though the convent and cloister haveevidently been rebuilt since. The nave windowsare plain lancets, and those of the eastern parthave two narrow lights with…
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