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THE GARDENS OF ITALY. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



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Plan of the Palazzo Borghese, Rome 87 



View in the Enclosed Gar den of the Palazzo Borghese, Rome, 



showing two of the Fountains 88 



Detail of Fountains in the Court of the Palazzo Borgl esc, 



Rome 8y 



The Ascent to the Colonna Garden 90 



From the Bridge of the Colonna Palace .... 91 



The Lower Terrace <>-' 



Pilotta from the Palace to the Garden Terraces . . 93 



Palazzo Colonna in Borgo, near St. Peter's, Rome . . 95 



Colonna Gardens : Central Stairway, looking up Cascade 96 



CHAPTER IX. 



Plan of Doria Palace 98 



Courtyard, Palazzo Doria, Corso, Rom^ .... 99 



Entrance, Palazzo Barberini 100 



Plan of the Palazzo Barberini, Strada Felice, Rome . 101 



Villa Aldobrandini, Via Nazionale, Rome . . . . 101 

 Seasons of the Year, Vdla Sciarra, Rome . . . .102 



Circular Avemie, Villa Sciarra, Rome 102 



Cupids' Fountain, Villa Sciarra 103 



The Roman Wall in the Garden of the British Embassy 104 



Cacti and Cypress in the Garden of the British Embassy 105 



CHAPTER X. 



St. Peter's from the Carriage Drive 106 



Plan of the Villa Pamphilj Doria (Bel Respire), outside the 



Porta San Pancraz o, Rome ...... 107 



North Side of the Villa 108 



The Southern Aspect 109 



The Parterre no 



From the South- West 1 1 1 



South- West End of Garden 112 



The Western Stairway 113 



Corner of Western Terrace 114 



Pamphilj Doria : Fountain of Venus, South Terrace . 115 



Between Villa and Terrace 116 



The Villa from the South 117 



Cascades, Western Gardens 118 



On the Cascade Terrace 119 



Terrace of the Cascades 120 



Terrace of the Rotunda 121 



CHAPTER XI. 



Villa Albani : Juno and Jupiter 123 



Plan of the Villa Albani, outside Porta Salaria, Rome . 124 



Villa Albani : Roman Reliefs 125 



Villa Albani : The East Terrace 126 



The Entrance 127 



The Circle of the Cypresses 128 



The Villa 129 



Garden Front, Villa Albani 130 



The South Terrace . . . .' 131 



The South Terrace Ascent 132 



Loggia of the Villa : Looking East 133 



Villa Albani : Marble and Stone 134 



The South Pavilion 134 



Loggia of the Villa : Looking West 135 



End of the Colonnade, South Pavilion . . . .136 



The Carriage Drive : West 137 



Roman Temple and Fountain 138 



A Marble Temple 139 



Fountain and Mosaic Pavement 140 



Cypress Hedges 141 



The Cypress Hedge . . . . . . . . 142 



CHAPTER XII. 



The Great Cypress Avenue 145 



Ilex Avenue, Villa Barberini, Castel Gondolfo, near Frascati 147 



CHAPTER XIIT. 



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The Approach 149 



The Central Stairway up to the Great Terrace . .150 

 West End of Great Terrace . . . . . . .151 



Villa Torlonia : The Sloping Carriage Ways at the centre 



of Terrace on eithei side of the Wall Fountain . .152 

 Villa Torlonia : The East End of ( in at Terrace and the 



Descent to the Approach 152 



The East Stairway up to the Great Terrace . . . 153 

 The Eastern Approach, the Great Terrace .... 154 



The Western Stairway and the V-IJp 155 



Cascade and Basin . . . . . . . . .156 



The Dark Pool on the Summ't above the Cascade . 157 



Falling Water : The Cascade from the Upper Level . 158 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Enclosing Wall of the Villa Aldobrandini towards the 



Piazza at Frascati . . . . . . . .160 



V.lla Ah'obrandini : Screen Wall to the Piazza . . 161 



Plan of the Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati . . .162 



Villa Aldobrandini : South- West Aspect . . . .163 



Bronze Fountain Ship, Villa Aldobrandini . . . 164 



Oaks in the Pleasaunce 164 



Detail of the Central Niches of the Alcove . . .165 



View of the Great He mi cycle at the Back of the Villa 



Aldobrandini at Frascati 166 



The Courtyard at the Back of the Villa, with the semi- 



circulai Alcove and the Cascade above . . .167 

 Waterfalls in the Stream above the Cascade . . . 168 



CHAPTER XV. 



The disused Entrance of the Villa Falconieri at Frascati 170 

 Entrance Gateway of the Villa Forecourt . . . 171 



The Centre Block of the South Front of the Villa Falconieri 1 71 

 Gateway in the Forecourt Wai!, Villa Falconieri . .172 

 The Mirrored Cypresses of the Upper Pool . . -173 

 The Stairway to the Upper Pool 1 74 



CHAPTER XVI. 



The Gateway of the Villa Mon Dragone . . . .176 

 Garden ascent, Villa Borghese, Frascati . . . 177 



Plan of the Villa Mon Dragone at Frascati . . . 1 78 

 The Fountain of Paul V, Villa Mon Dragone . . 1 79 



The Pope's Chimneys, North End of the Great Terrace . 180 

 The Dragon Fountain . . . - . .181 

 Ascent to the Fountain Terrace at the opposite end of the 



Flower Garden to the Loggia 182 



Drive on the Fountain Terrace 183 



The Loggia of the Flower Garden ... .184 



Gateway of the Villa Borghese, Frascati . . . 1 85 



Side Portico at the Villa Borghese, Frascati . . .186 



CHAPTER XVII. 



The Falls of the Tivoli and Vesta's Temple . . .187 



General View of TivDli and the Falls 188 



The Villa d'Este at Tivoli 189 



View looking up the main Axis of the Villa d'Este . .189 

 Old Roman Tomb in the Plain below Tivoli . . 190 



Olive Tree and distant view of Tivoli 19 



Plan of the Villa d'Este at Tivoli 191 



The Temple of Vesta at Tivoli 192 



Villa d'Este, Tivoli : View looking down the Main Axis 



from the level of the Great Terrace . . . 193 

 The Alley of the Hundred Fountains .... 194 



By the Hundred Fountains . . . -19-4 

 View from the Great Terrace looking over Tivoli West- 

 wards . . . . J 95 



Villa d'Este : Fountains on Eastern Terrace . 196 

 Villa d'Este : The Fountain of the Dragons, on the Main 



Ax's of the Gardens 197 



Western Ascent, the Fountain of the Dragons . . .198 

 Gallery of the Hundred Fountains, below the Great 



Terrace ot the Villa d'Este 199 



