CAPRAROLA. 
21 ; 
about a hundred feet 
above the first approach to 
the palace. The actual 
ascent to the front entrance 
is immense, rising by those 
steep, diagonally scored 
roads which are also found 
at Frascati. Only a hill- 
driving countryman could 
contemplate with un- 
troubled mind such means 
of access and it is mar- 
vellous that any axle can 
stand the strain. 
Arrived at the main 
level, a beautiful circular 
arcaded court is seen to 
be the core of the plan 
of the palace (Figs. 229 
and 230). This fine piece 
of Vignola’s architecture is spacious, harmonious and well proportioned, and has a fine 
sweep of lines. It was, we may believe, the plan idea which Inigo Jones had in 
mind in his intended circular court for Whitehall, and the late Mr. Bryden, in the Local 
Government Building in Great George Street, has very ably developed the model on a 
large scale. The Caprarola cortile is sixty-six feet in diameter. A great circular staircase. 
225. — OLD PRESPECTIVE FIGURE OF THE PALACE, ATTRIBUTED 
TO VIGNOLA. 
226. — THE ENTRANCE FRONT OF CAPRAROLA. 
