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attractive one. There is the usual bosco, but in 

 terraces, below the other side of the casino, and a 

 courtyard has a beautiful well set between columns 

 in the wall. 



The whole design of VicobeUo is dignified, 

 simple, and in keeping with its situation on a hill, 

 with charming views of Siena. Not far from it is 

 the Villa Gori. 



VILLA GORI, SIENA. 



Or Palazzina. About two miles from Siena, near 

 the Osservanza. It was built and laid out for the 

 Gori family in the seventeenth century. Visitors 

 courteously admitted to the grounds on presenta- 

 tion of their visiting cards. 



The Villa Gori is unique in the length and 

 denseness of its ilex tunnels and its enchanting 

 garden theatre. The parterre of the theatre is laid 

 out in a borderie of turf and gravel, and is sur- 

 rounded on three sides by clipped ilex. The stage 

 is raised some three feet and the wings are formed 

 of clipped cypress, with one tall, perfect cypress 

 rising in the very centre. The charm of this little 

 theatre, approached by a dark pleached alley, can- 

 not, as Mrs. Wharton truly says, be conveyed in 

 words. 



VILLA SERGARDI, SIENA. 



About a mile outside Siena. There is a charming, 

 well-kept garden theatre, so placed that it is visible 



