of Stone Medallims hy tHe Waters qftlte Sp7'ing. S95 
This travertine is similar to that found at the bottom of the 
eastern side of the mountains, near to Chinsi, or 15 miles 
distant, and to that also in the neighbourhood of Rome, which was 
employed by the Etruscans in the construction of their build- 
ings and sepulchral monuments ; and both in ancient and mo- 
dern times has been very extensively used for similar purposes 
by the Romans. 
Vegetation is very luxuriant among the rocks of traver- 
tino. Large chesnut trees, intermixed with the humbler 
plants, spread widely up the mountain, and give it a very pic- 
turesque appearance. In one of' the wildest and most isolated 
parts, is a place held in great veneration, named the Hermitage 
of St Filippino. It is a retreat or dwelling established beneath 
a large rock of travertino. On the door is inscribed : Questa 
Uocho fu dificato da Rhdbo^ie rihellato. It derives its name 
from St Filippo, a Florentine, who withdrew from the world 
and hid himself there for three months, to avoid, it is said, 
his election to the Popedom, when Gregory Xth was raised to 
that dignity. 
The village, named after this humble recluse, is small, and 
has a miserable appearance. The houses are ill constructed 
and badly kept : the church also is dedicated to, and contains 
many relics of the saint. It belonged from the eighth century 
to the Abbey of St Salvador del Montamiata ; was then taken 
possession of by the Lords of Campiglia ; afterwards by the 
Republic of Sienna ; and, lastly, was comprised in the Grand- 
dukedom of Tuscany. 
From the most remote periods, San Filippo has been famed 
for its mineral waters. The nations of Etruria used them, and 
the Romans constructed baths there, as appears by the medals 
occasionally found, and by the remains of some Ionic columns, 
reticulated walls, &c. These were afterwards destroyed, and 
subsequently covered by earthy depositions. In the 14th cen- 
tury they were again rebuilt and destroyed ; and at a later pe- 
riod, the Grand Duke Ferdinand having used them with advan- 
tage in a painful chronic affection of the head, this cure has 
been transmitted to posterity by an inscription still existing in 
the village, in the following words : Ferdinandus II. Magnus 
Dux V. dum adversa valetudine laboraret, thermis hisce capitis 
languore depulso, bene convaluit : Lselius Gulielmus, ob resti- 
