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Italian castles and country seats (1911)

Batcheller, Tryphosa Bates, 1878- · New York, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 216

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hat the province of Venetia wasso beautiful, and had so many definite characteristicsquite apart from any other portion of Italy. Thearchitecture is distinctly different. The highways arelined with trees beside which are great, deep ditches.Here and there and everywhere are cut canals, whichmade it… … AND COUNTRY SEATS of stucco that is strikingly effective, and our dinner-table at night is frequently set with the priceless Muranoporcelain of this province, while many of the elaborateglass mirror frames that are given the same name hangon the walls. My room is done all in blue, and large old…

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