Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : Century · leaf 246
. The grounds are entered by two splendidstone gateways, the upper one being on an axis with thevilla. A grass avenue leads from this gate to an archof triumph, a rusticated elevation with niches andstatues, surmounted by the inscription Horatius Fal-conieris, and giving access to the inner… … VILLAS NEAR ROME overgrown by shrubs and creepers, with busts andother fragments of antique sculpture set here and thereon its projecting ledges. This natural cliff sustains anupper plateau, where there is an oblong artificial water(called the lake) enclosed in rock-work and sur-rounded by a grove…
