GENOESE GARDEXS .l.\l) 1'ILLAS. 



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massed foliage almost effaces the characteristics of the modern shipping, leaving visible only 

 the vertical lines of the masts, and we may fancy we still have before us the massed galleys of 

 the great admiral just as we see them in the quaint paintings of tempera on boards in the great 

 saloon, upstairs. 



The Villa Rosaz/a, formerly Dinegro, lies beyond the Doria, along the sea front, and tin- 

 garden terraced up the hillside equally commands the quays and waters of the harbour. It 



4OO. ORIGINAL PLAN OF THE HOUSE AND GARDENS BEFORE THE RAILWAY 



WAS MADE IN FRONT. 



From Gciiithier. 



dates from the sixteenth century, but the facade is by A. Tagliafico (1729-1811). The interest 

 of the lay-out arises from the steepness of the hillside, which rapidly mounts up to a level 

 above that of the roofs of the house by terraces, twelve or fifteen yards wide, and each an 

 ascent of about twenty-four steps (Figs. 399 and 400). The long levels of the terraces, laid out 

 with box-edged patterns, afford fine views, while the fountain terminations are an attractive 



