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ETRUSCAN WALLS OF VOLTERRA, BELOW STA. CHURA.
CHAPTER XL.
VOLTEERA.— VOLA TERBM.
The City.
------tornemo a Vultera,
Sopra un monte, che forte e antieha,
Quanta en Toscana niuna altra terra.—Ficcio degli Uberti.
We came e'en to the city's wall
And the great gate.—Shelley.
From whatever side Volterra may be appi-oached it is a
most commanding object, crowning the summit of a lofty,
steep, and sternly naked height, if not wholly isolated, yet
independent of the neighbouring hills, reducing them by
its towering supereminence to mere satellites ; so lofty as
to be conspicuous from many a league distant, and so
ETRUSCAN WALLS OF VOLTERRA, BELOW STA. CHURA.
CHAPTER XL.
VOLTEERA.— VOLA TERBM.
The City.
------tornemo a Vultera,
Sopra un monte, che forte e antieha,
Quanta en Toscana niuna altra terra.—Ficcio degli Uberti.
We came e'en to the city's wall
And the great gate.—Shelley.
From whatever side Volterra may be appi-oached it is a
most commanding object, crowning the summit of a lofty,
steep, and sternly naked height, if not wholly isolated, yet
independent of the neighbouring hills, reducing them by
its towering supereminence to mere satellites ; so lofty as
to be conspicuous from many a league distant, and so