Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : C. Schribner's Sons · leaf 192
of the tufaon our left a lofty wall gripping the flanks of therock, and overhung by dark splashes of ivy andclumps of leafless trees—one of those rugged Italianwalls which are the custodians of such hidden trea-sures of scent and verdure. This wall continuedto run parallel with us till our steep… … MARCH IN ITALY of a pentagonal palace clenched to the high-est ledge of the cliff. Such is the first sight ofCaprarola. Never, surely, did feudal construction so inso-lently dominate its possessions. The palace of thegreat Farnese Cardinal seems to lord it not only overthe golden-brown town which…
Art -- Italy · Italy -- Description and travel
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