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CLASSICAL TOUR

Ch. VIII.

CHAP. VIII.

Cattolica—Pesaro—Fano— The Metaurus and
Monte Asdrubala—Senegaglia—Ancona, its
Harbor and Triumphal ArchLoretto, and
the Santa Casa—Tollentino—Ponte Pella
Trave.

Close to Rimini we passed the river Ansa or
Aprusa. Thence to Ancona, the scenery con-
tinues the same; the Adriatic on the left; on the
right, fine fertile hills covered with buildings, and
rising gradually in height, till they swell into the
ridge of the Apennines about fifteen miles south-
west. Among the hills, 6'. Marino presents to
the eye, a perpendicular precipice of tremendous
height, and of craggy aspect, and long continues
to form a most majestic and conspicuous feature
of the landscape. The first stage is Cattolica, a
title given to this place, because it became the
asylum of the orthodox prelates, who receded
from the council held at Rimini, when they found
that the Arian faction seemed likely to prevail.