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402. — DETAIL OF THE ELEVATION OF THE VILLA CAMBIASO. 
403. — PLAN OF THE VILLA CAMBIASO. 
feature (Fig. 398). The terrace 
walls are covered with lemon trees 
and azaleas. Evergreen oaks clothe 
the upper heights, which, above 
the level of the terraces, become 
w'hat is known as an “ English 
garden.” As you descend the 
tunnel stairways from terrace to 
terrace wonderful successive views 
over Genoa, the distant mountains 
or the open sea develop, and the 
strange injury of the railway lines 
immediately below the house i s 
forgotten. The masking of this 
railway is one of the cleverest 
features of the present disposition 
of the house and garden. 
The Villa Cambiaso, built in 
1557, occupies a fine site in the 
suburb of St. Francesco d’Albaro, 
commanding a view of the sea 
a c r os s a grassway vista defined 
by walls and square - cut golden 
yews four feet wide and a yard 
high (Fig. 401). This vista, which 
