THE ITALIAN GARDEN 



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and all kinds of singing birds, moving and chirping by force of the water, 

 with several other pageants and surprising inventions. In one of the theatres 

 of water is an Atlas spouting and in another a monster makes a terrible 

 roaring with a horn. The steep hillside upon which the villa stands was 



GARDEN THEATRE AT THE VILLA GORI, SIENA. 



formed into a long platform some 300 yards long and 40 wide, and upon 

 the edge of this space the casino was built with bosquets upon either side." 

 During the last century the garden has fallen upon evil days, like most of 

 the Frascati villas, but we can still trace enough of its former glories to 

 form a good idea of its appearance in the seventeenth century. 



