Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 204
on the side of the grot-toes of Neptune and the Sirens;but the fall is still a very fineone. Scarce-ly inferior toit in pictur- ^esque beauty ^^are the nu- ^^merous min-iature cas-cades, calledCa sea telle, onthe westernside of the town. These Remains oftheVma of Maecenas. are formed by water… … 202 ANNALS OF TIBUR. monly called the Villa of Maecenas. Nothing can be finerthan the view of these cascades from the declivities ofMonte Peschiavatore, whence the eye ranges over thewhole of the Campagna, with Rome in the distant back-ground. The history of Tibur merits, from its interest and…
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