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THE ART OF GARDEN DESIGN IN ITALY 
them going to and fro to many parts of the world. It is said that he had as many as twenty 
thousand men at his disposal, soldiers, sailors, and slaves, all counted, and beneath the vaulted 
halls of the palace may still be seen the dungeons, which were always well stocked with slaves 
for his galleys. 
John Evelyn, who visited Genoa in 1644, says, ‘ One of the greatest gardens here for 
