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396. RESTORED VIEW OF THE PALACE OF ANDREA DORIA ON THE QUAYS AT GENOA, BEFORE 



THE GARDENS WERE REDUCED AT FRONT AND BACK. 



From Gauthier. 



of the palace, is the sole remainder of this garden. It was visited and described by John Evelyn 

 in 1644. The plan and elevation given (Figs. 395 and 396) are from Gauthier's book on the 

 Palaces of Genoa brought out in 1818, and show the original scheme. At the present day 

 the outlook in the front is over railway lines instead of the waters of the harbour. At the 

 back the old palace villa is overshadowed by vast hotels built upon the hillsides above. The 

 long, low front of the villa is effectively broken by advanced arcades of three and four bays 

 long (Fig. 397). The strength of pier and elegance of column are thus employed to vary the 

 great length of the fafade. The wall surfaces of the buildings are rough-cast, which to-day 

 combines well with the fretted surface of the marble features. The great loggia on the first 



397. VIEW ON THE TERRACE LOOKING THROUGH THE RETURN ARCADES ON THE HARBOUR 



FRONT OF THE ANDREA DORIA PALACE. 



