CAPRAROLA. 
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229. — THE CIRCULAR CORTILE, 
as are also the wood-framed windows with their leaded glazing. In the great thickness of the 
walls are steps up to the window sills, which are kept high, as in old Italian palaces. The 
perspectives on the walls, 
drawn by Vignola him- 
self, are very interesting. 
The influence of this 
building was w i d e 1 y 
spread, for in France and 
England many and varied 
developments of its 
scheme were tried by the 
idealistic house planners 
of the Renaissance. 
A. T. B. 
The countryside here 
owned the Orsini as lords 
about the year 1200. 
The Farnese first came 
into notice in the fif- 
teenth century with 
Cardinal Alexander Far- 
nese and his two legiti- 
matised sons. Pier Luigi 
and Ranuccio. The 230. — the upper corridor of the circular cortile, showing 
family soon gained the frescoed decoration. 
