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GEOGRAPHY. 





E. 



Piazza della. Posta. 



17. 



Porta Colonetta. 



F. 



" deir Erba. 



18. 



(( 



Nuova. 



G. 



" Rangoni. 



19. 



(( 



San Marco. 



H. 



" (lei Condotti. 



20. 



(( 



a Pisa. 



I. 



" d'Armi. 



a. 



Via dei Capuccini. 



J. 



" della Darsena 



. h. 



(( 



del Lazzaretto S. Rocco, 



K. 



'• S. Benedetto. 



c. 



(( 



del Ponte de' Lami. 



L. 



Cimetero Vecchio. 



d. 



u 



dello Spalto S. Cosimo. 



M. 



" Inglese. 



e. 



I Condotti Nuovi. 



1. 



Cattedrale. 



/. 



Via 



Disperata. 



2. 



Palazzo Reale. 



g- 



Boi 



•go Reale. 



3. 



Cancelleria Communale. 



h. 



Via delle quattro Cantonate. 



4. 



I Tre Palazzi. 



I. 



(( 



Reale. 



5. 



Real Dogana. 



L 



(I 



Serristori. 



(). 



Palazzo del Governo. 



I 



i( 



S. Francesco. 



7. 



Magazzino del Sale. 



m. 



ei 



S. Giulia. 



8. 



Arsenale. 



n. 



a 



del Monte. 



9. 



Casone. 



0. 



a 



Grande. 



10. 



Fortino. 



P- 





del Giardino. 



11. 



Parlatori. 



<1- 





deir Annunziata. 



12. 



Teltoia del Fanale. 



r. 





di S. Giovanni. 



13. 



" Nuova. 



s. 



a 



del Porticciolo. 



14. 



" della Cuoia. 



t. 



(I 



Borra. 



15. 



Porta Murata. 



u. 



te 



S. Marco. 



16. 



" • Capuccini. 



V. 



i( 



del Corso. 



20. Florence {Plate 44). 



Florence (Firenze), surnamed " the beautiful," the charming capital of 

 Tuscany, with a population of 105,000, is situated in a fertile plain on the 

 Arno, surrounded by mountains. It is protected by two citadels, and 

 possesses streets which are mostly narrow, although clean (excellently paved 

 in mosaic work, with plates of basalt), amongst which the finest are the 

 Via Larga and the Corso. There are 160 public monuments, 10 fountains, 

 170 churches and chapels, 89 monasteries and nunneries, 8 theatres, and 17 

 large squares. The finest of the last are the Grand Duke's Square, with the 

 column of Cosmo I., and a marble group (Rape of the Sabine women), by 

 John of Bologna ; the square Santa Maria, with two obelisks, and the 

 square dell' Annunziata, with two fountains, and the statue of Ferdinand I. 

 The finest churches and chapels are : the Cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore, 

 500 feet long, covered externally with squares of black and white marble, 

 chess-board fashion, and with an octagonal dome 380 feet high, and a 

 separate tower of 280 feet ; the church St. Maria Novella, with many 

 painted windows, and other pictures ; Santa Croce, with the tombs and 

 monuments of Galileo, Macchiavelli, Alfieri, and Michael Angelo ; the 

 chapel of St. Lawrence Church, adorned with jasper, lapis lazuli, and other 

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