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4O2. DETAIL OF THE ELEVATION OF THE VILLA CAMBIASO. 



403. PLAN OF THE VILLA CAMBIASO. 



feature (Fig. 398). The terrace 

 walls are covered with lemon trees 

 and azaleas. Evergreen oaks clothe 

 the upper heights, which, above 

 the level of the terraces, become 

 what is known as an " English 

 garden." As you descend the 

 tunnel stairways from terrace to 

 terrace wonderful successive views 

 over Genoa, the distant mountains 

 or the open sea develop, and the 

 strange injury of the railway lines 

 immediately below the house is 

 forgotten. The masking of this 

 railway is one of the cleverest 

 features of the present disposition 

 of the house and garden. 



The Villa Cambiaso, built in 

 T 557> occupies a fine site in the 

 suburb of St. Francesco d'Albaro, 

 commanding a view of the sea 

 a c r os s a grassway vista defined 

 by walls and square -cut golden 

 yews four feet wide and a yard 

 high (Fig. 401). This vista, which 



