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THE VILLA LAKTE, BAGXAIA. 
long alleys and woodland walks ; spaces where here and there a lovely fountain, covered with 
green moss, flings its slender silver shaft aloft into the cool shade, and blue and white anemones 
and rose red cyclamen carpet the ground in spring. Still further beyond, the wide and 
shadowy woods which lie all round Bagnaia stretch up the spurs of Monte Cimerio. These 
woods are full of game, and the Duke of lamte enjoys excellent sport in them. 
The fountains have all names : there is the fountain of the Dolphin (Fig. 270) and of the 
Ducks, the fountain of the Chase and that of the Giants, the Chain Fountain and the Octagon. 
Some are marked by the insignia of the crab, and others by that of the mountain or by the 
three eagles of the Lante family. In 1772 Cardinal Marcello Lante made the grand entrance 
(Fig. 24S) and erected a wrought iron gate. 
An enclosure called the Duchess’s Garden is, indeed, given up to the ravages of some wild 
boar, brought from the Pontine marshes ; but, as it is within high walls and has no view, it is 
not to be regretted. The water was at one time diverted from the fountains by an earthquake, 
but a supply has now been brought from the hills at great expense, and flows freely in every 
part. Some of the old rooms which were formerly used for service have been decorated in 
keeping with the rest of the villa, and the whole presents a wonderfullv complete example of 
an Italian country house, still lived in for the greater part of the year by its owners — owners 
who are the descendants of men wTo were foremost among the great rulers before the days of 
the Renaissance. E. M. P. 
271. — THE GARDEN LOGGIA OF THE VILLA L.ANTE. 
