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THE GARDENS OF ITALY. 
398. — THE TERRACED GARDEN OF THE PALAZZO ROSAZZA. 
floor was originally open, and its gay frescoed and stuccoed interior must have given a 
characteristic note of gaiety and richness to the sea front of the palace. A lower hall, with 
luncttcd coved ceiling, richly frescoed with four panels of “ Triumphs,” gives access to a vaulted 
staircase leading up to this loggia which, as closed in, has the appearance of a gallery. From it is 
approached a noble saloon, marked by a rich but curiously designed fireplace. Adjoining is the 
sober bedroom used by Andrea Doria. The portraits ol the great admiral are of much interest ; in 
one of them appears his favourite yellow cat. The house was presented to him in 
thirty years before his death at the age of ninety-two. 
A long inscription on the present street front records that Andrea Doria, Admiral of the 
Papal, Imperial, French and Genoese fleets, caused the palace to be rebuilt for himself 
and his successors. These alterations to the older structure seem to have been made 
in 1529 by Fra Giov. Aug. Montorsoli (1507 — 1563), described as an assistant of Michel- 
angelo. The frescoes and grotesques were by Perino del Vaga (1500 — 1547)- The style is that 
of Raphael rather than of his great rival. It is the early character of this villa-palace which 
is attractive in a city which, as a whole, is dominated by the later school of Alessi 
(1500 — 1572). What remains of the gardens in front is of great interest. The pebble 
mosaic sloping ways, though modern in feeling, accord well yvith the herring-bone brick 
paving of the arcades. Though the general garden has been altered to shapeless 
grass plots w ith 
serpentine paths, 
there are two terrace 
gardens still left. 
One provides a back- 
ground of green trees 
to the arcades ; while 
in the other palms 
shade a raised foun- 
tain with marble 
balustrading. The 
