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"Again this date of Rome; the most solemn and interesting that my hand can ever write, and even now more interesting than when I saw it last," wrote Dr. Arnold to his wife in 1840--and how many thousands before and since have experienced the same feeling, who have looked forwa...
History of the Vatican Quarter and of the Palace--Scala Regia--Pauline Chapel--Sistine Chapel--Sala Ducale--Court of St. Damasus--Galleria Lapidaria--Braccio Nuovo--Museo Chiara...
16. CHAPTER XIV.S. Antonio dei Portoguesi--Torre della Scimia--S. Agostino--S. Apollinare--Palazzo Altemps--Sta. Maria dell' Anima--Sta. Maria della Pace--Palazzo del Governo Vecchio--Monte Gio...
3. CHAPTER II.The Piazza del Popolo--Obelisk--Sta. Maria del Popolo--(The Pincio--Villa Medici--Trinità de' Monti) (Via Babuino--Via Margutta--Piazza di Spagna--Propaganda) (Via Ripetta--SS....
10. CHAPTER IX.The Porta Capena--Baths of Caracalla--Vigna Guidi--SS. Nereo ed Achilleo--SS. Sisto e Domenico--S. Cesareo (S. Giovanni in Oleo--S. Giovanni in Porta Latina)--Columbarium of the...
5. CHAPTER IV.Forum of Trajan--(Sta. Maria di Loreto)--Temple of Mars Ultor--Forum of Augustus--Forum of Nerva--Forum of Julius Cæsar--(Academy of St. Luke)--Forum Romanum--Tribune--Comitium...
17. CHAPTER XV.Via Tordinona--S. Salvatore in Lauro--House of Raphael--S. Giovanni de' Fiorentini--Bridge and Castle of S. Angelo--Sta. Maria Traspontina--Palazzo Giraud--Piazza Scossa-Cavalli...
6. CHAPTER V.S. Teodoro--Sta. Anastasia--Circus Maximus--S. Giorgio in Velabro--Arch of Septimius Severus--Arch of Janus--Cloaca-Maxima--Sta. Maria in Cosmedin--Temple of Vesta--Temple of Fo...
15. CHAPTER XIII.Via S. Giovanni--The Obelisk and Baptistery--Basilica and Cloisters--Mosaic of the Triclinium--Santa Scala--Palace of the Lateran--Villa Massimo Arsole--SS. Pietro e Marcellino-...
4. CHAPTER III.The Story of the Hill--Piazza del Campidoglio--Palace of the Senator--View from the Capitol Tower--The Tabularium--The Museo Capitolino--Gallery of Statues--Palace of the Conser...
14. CHAPTER XII.Golden House of Nero--Baths of Titus and Trajan--S. Pietro in Vincoli--Frangipani Tower--House of Lucrezia Borgia--S. Martino al Monte--Sta. Lucia in Selce--Sta. Prassede--Santi...
11. CHAPTER X.Palazzo Barberini--Palazzo Albani--S. Carlo a Quattro Fontane--S. Andrea a Monte Cavallo--Quirinal Palace--Palazzo della Consulta--Palazzo Rospigliosi--Colonna Gardens and Templ...
7. CHAPTER VI.The Story of the Hill--Orti Farnesiani--The Via Nova--Roma Quadrata--The Houses of the early Kings--Temple of Jupiter Stator--Palace of Augustus--Palace of Vespasian--Crypto-Por...
13. CHAPTER XI.The Cappuccini--S. Isidore--S. Niccolo in Tolentino--Via S. Basilio--Convent of the Pregatrici--Villa Massimo Rignano--Gardens of Sallust--Villa Ludovisi--Porta Salara--(Villa A...
22. CHAPTER XX.Gate of Sto. Spirito--Church, Convent, and Garden of S. Onofrio--The Lungara--Palazzo Salviati and the Botanic-Garden--S. Giovanni alla Lungara--Palazzo Corsini--The Farnesina--...
19. CHAPTER XVII.Ponte Quattro Capi--Gaetani Tower--S. Bartolomeo in Isola--Temple of Æsculapius--Hospital of the Benfratelli--Mills on the Tiber--Ponte Cestio--Fornarina's House--S. Benedetto a...
8. CHAPTER VII.The Cœlian Hill extends from St. John Lateran to the Vigna of the Porta Capena, and from the Fountain of Egeria to the Convent of S. Gregorio. It is now entirely uninhabited, ex...
21. CHAPTER XIX."As to the position selected for these buildings, it is to be observed that, although restricted by the regulations of the Roman Catholic hierarchy to a locality outside the wal...
24. ii. 282--284;Sala Regia, 285; Sistine Chapel, paintings of, 286--295; residence of the pope in, 298; Museum of Statues, 300; Braccio-Nuovo, 300; Cabinets of Sculpture, 308--311; Gabinetto de...
9. CHAPTER VIII.The Aventine, which is perhaps the highest, and now--from its coronet of convents--the most picturesque of all the Roman hills, is of irregular form, and is divided into two par...
20. CHAPTER XVIII.The Marmorata--Arco di S. Lazzaro--Protestant Cemetery--Pyramid of Caius Cestius--Monte-Testaccio--Porta S. Paolo--Chapel of the Farewell--The Tre Fontane (SS. Vincenzo ed Anast...
1. CHAPTER X."Again this date of Rome; the most solemn and interesting that my hand can ever write, and even now more interesting than when I saw it last," wrote Dr. Arnold to his wife in 18...
23. ii. 58, 60, 163, 174, 210, 218;Monasteries-- of S. Andrew, i. 321 of S. Anna. ii. 387 of the Chiesa Nuova, ii. 167 of S. Croce, ii. 131 of S. Eusebio, ii. 77 of the Passionists, i. 329
2. CHAPTER I._Hotels._--For passing travellers or bachelors, the best are: Hotel d'Angleterre, Bocca di Leone; Hotel de Rome, Corso. For families, or for a long residence: Hotel des Iles Bri...
12. CHAPTER XIII.