GENOESE GARDENS AND VILLAS. 
Unfortunately, illustra- 
tions, and even photo- 
graphs, usually omit the 
massive roofs of grey 
slates, which are very 
effective rising up behind 
the balustrades. 
The lay-out of the 
villas gave scope for 
Italian gardening in 
direct relation to the 
design of the house itself. 
Much of this has dis- 
appeared, but the effective 
entrance to the Villa 
Paradiso and the fine 
grassway vista leading 
up to the Villa Cambiaso 
remain as examples. The 
exceptional instance of 
the Andrea Doria Palace 
in Genoa on the flat 
below the hill, with its 
harbour foreground, illus- 
trates the value of great 
length well broken and 
varied by loggias. There 
is also the Villa Dinego 
Rosazza, where the hill- 
side is still used as a 
garden. Here the house 
stands moderately ele- 
vated above the harbour, 
with its garden rising up 
behind ; the pointed mass 
of the green foliaged hill 
serves as a background 
to the widespread eleva- 
tion of the building. In 
the midst of the greenery 
is a falling cascade. 
Lovers of Italian 
gardening ideas must not 
overlook the effectiveness 
of the cortili in the city. 
The possibility of 
devoting practically the 
whole ground floor to 
arcaded entrance halls 
carrying the actual living- 
rooms over has given rise 
to some remarkable 
effects of light and shade, 
as will be seen in the 
391.— VIEW IN THE COR- 
TILE OF THE PALAZZO 
dell’ UNIVERSITA IN 
GENOA, VIA BALBI. 
Built in 1623 by Bari Bianco as 
a Jesuit College. 
392— PLAN OF THE 
PALAZZO dell’ 
UNIVERSJTA. 
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