Addison, Joseph: Remarks on several parts of Italy: &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703 (London: Tonson, 1718)

Neighbourhood of Rome. 2-97
as it were, in the Neighbourhood of
Rome. At one End of this Lake stands
Montefiascone, the Habitation of Virgil's
jRqui Falifci^ yEn. 7. and on the Side
of it the Town of the Volsinians^ now
call’d Btlfena.
Aut pofitis nemorofa inter juga Volsintis.
Juv. Sat. 5.
•-Volsinium stood
Cover’d with Mountains, and enclos’d
with Wood.
I saw in the Church-yard of Bolsena
an antique Funeral Monument (of that
kind which they call’d a Sarcophagus')
very entire, and what is particular, En-
graven on all Sides with a curious Re-
presentation of a Bacchanal. Had the
Inhabitants observed a couple of lewd
Figures at one End of it, they would
not have thought it a proper Ornament
for the Place where it now stands. Af-
ter having travell’d hence to Aquapen^
dente^ that stands in a wondersul pleasarit
Situation, we came to the little Brook
which separates the Pope’s Dominion:
from the Great Duke’s. The Frontier
Castle of Radicofani is seared on the
highest Mountain in the Country, and
is as well fortify’d as the Situation A
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