CAPRAROLA. 



215 



about a hundred feet 

 above the first approach to 

 the palace. The actual 

 ascent to the front entrance 

 is immense, rising by those 

 steep, diagonally scored 

 roads which are also found 

 at Frascati. Only a hill- 

 driving countryman could 

 contemplate with un- 

 troubled mind such means 

 of access and it is mar- 

 vellous that any axle can 

 stand the strain. 



Arrived at the main 

 level, a beautiful circular 

 arcaded court is seen to 

 be the core of the plan 

 of the palace (Figs. 229 

 and 230). This fine piece 

 of Vignola's architecture is spacious, harmonious and well proportioned, and has a fine 

 sweep of lines. It was, we may believe, the plan idea which Inigo Jones had in 

 mind in his intended circular court for Whitehall, and the late Mr. Bryden, in the Local 

 Government Building in Great George Street, has very ably developed the model on a 

 large scale. The Caprarola cortile is sixty-six feet in diameter. A great circular staircase. 



225. 



-OLD PRESPECTIVE FIGURE OF THE PALACE, ATTRIBUTED 

 TO VIGNOLA. 



226. THE ENTRANCE FRONT OF CAPRAROLA. 



