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CLASSICAL TOUR
Ch. I.
statues. One of these fountains (that in the
middle of the square) is much admired : it was
designed and erected by Bernini. Four figures
representing four rivers, recline on a craggy
rock : on its top stands an Egyptian obelisk ;
from its hollow sides rushes a perpetual stream.
These three fountains are so managed during
the heats of August, as to inundate the whole
square on Saturdays and Sundays, and afford a
new and refreshing exhibition to the Roman
gentry, who parade along in their carriages,
and to the common people, who collect around
in crowds, to behold the brilliant and enlivening
scene.
The Piazza d'Espagna, so called from the
palace of the Spanish embassy, is large, supplied
by a fountain, and adorned with several hand-
some buildings, but particularly by the noble
flight of marble steps that ascends from it to the
obelisk, church, and square, Della Trinita di
Monti. From the balustrade that terminates
this staircase above and borders the latter square,
and indeed from the square itself which runs
along the brow of the Pincian hill, there opens a
delightful view of Rome, Monte Mario, and the
Janiculum.
Of the Piazza Colonna I have already spoken ;
CLASSICAL TOUR
Ch. I.
statues. One of these fountains (that in the
middle of the square) is much admired : it was
designed and erected by Bernini. Four figures
representing four rivers, recline on a craggy
rock : on its top stands an Egyptian obelisk ;
from its hollow sides rushes a perpetual stream.
These three fountains are so managed during
the heats of August, as to inundate the whole
square on Saturdays and Sundays, and afford a
new and refreshing exhibition to the Roman
gentry, who parade along in their carriages,
and to the common people, who collect around
in crowds, to behold the brilliant and enlivening
scene.
The Piazza d'Espagna, so called from the
palace of the Spanish embassy, is large, supplied
by a fountain, and adorned with several hand-
some buildings, but particularly by the noble
flight of marble steps that ascends from it to the
obelisk, church, and square, Della Trinita di
Monti. From the balustrade that terminates
this staircase above and borders the latter square,
and indeed from the square itself which runs
along the brow of the Pincian hill, there opens a
delightful view of Rome, Monte Mario, and the
Janiculum.
Of the Piazza Colonna I have already spoken ;