CAPRAROLA. 



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229. THE CIRCULAR CORTILE. 



as are also the wood-framed windows with their leaded glazing. In the great thickness of the 

 walls are steps up to the window sills, which are kept high, as in old Italian palaces. The 

 perspectives on the walls, 

 drawn by Vignola him- 

 self, are very interesting. 

 The influence of this 

 building was widely 

 spread, for in France and 

 England many and varied 

 developments of its 

 scheme were tried by the 

 idealistic house planners 

 of the Renaissance. 



A. T. B. 



The countryside here 

 owned the Orsini as lords 

 about the year 1200. 

 The Farnese first came 

 into notice in the fif- 

 teenth century with 

 Cardinal Alexander Far- 

 nese and his two legiti- 

 matised sons, Pier Luigi 

 and Ranuccio. The 



family soon gained 



230. THE UPPER CORRIDOR OF THE CIRCULAR CORTILE, SHOWING 

 THE FRESCOED DECORATION. 



