Ry'i.Pz^LLC) TO CHIAVARI. 



37 



from the dark foliaere , like pearls in a green velvet 

 casket, ^^.s a matter of fact Zoagli owes her modest 

 prosperity to refd velvet; for from remote times the 

 manufacture of "Veluti di Geneva" has flourished here, 

 and the velvet is still held in high esteem. From San 

 Pantaleone the road continues to ascend to San Ambrosio 

 where the highest point (646 feet) of the old Roman 

 road is reached. There the Counts of Lavagna built 

 a castle in order to command the district. The Chronic- 

 mention this building in the }'ear 

 Roman road then descends 

 abrupth' to Rapallo, which lies 

 \'ia Aurelia, and can boast an 

 at least nineteen hundred )'ears. 

 Chiavari and Lavagna the Entella 

 into the sea. It carries down a good 

 water, \\'hich is siu'prising on this 

 rf'l the torrent beds are generally 



lers first 

 1070. The 

 somewhat 

 along the 

 antiquit\' of 

 Between 

 debouches 

 deal of 

 coast uhere 

 so empt\' V>*j'" 

 places fo- -'^ 



>^ 



,'< that the\- are used as dr^-ing- 

 '.■( U';isliino\ l);intp nriiises the 



r ^, NS-yj '.i' washing. Dante praises 

 n^kh »i^Ki«', Entella in the nineteenth C 



' k'C- J^nreua nitnc nmeteentn Canto 



f'"^^' of the Purgatorio: '"Infra Sestri 



e Chia\'ari s'adimauna iiumana 



bella." — By going up 



the river we reach San 



Salvatore in about 



three quarters of an 



hour. The Basilica there, 



which was erected as a 



national monument, is worth a ^'isit. But 



Sa/'iia honiituQides, 



