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28 CLASSICAL TOUR Ch. I.
ten feet long, and more than two broad : it is
adorned with antique statues ; and the walls of
two noble galleries, to which it conducts, are co-
vered with pictures.
The Orsini palace owes the elevation which
renders it remarkable to the theatre of Mar-
cellus, on whose foundations, vaults, and collect-
ed ruins, it rises on a lofty eminence.
Tho Palazzo Giustiniani stands on Nero’s
baths, and is adorned with a profusion of statues
and columns extracted from their ruins. This
collection, once reported to contain above fifteen
hundred antique figures, has, I fear, been much
diminished since the commencement of the revo-
lutionary war.
The Palazzo Altieri is a detached edifice
forming a square, and presenting four fronts, all
setoff with architectural decorations. Two courts,
a handsome portico, and several noble apart-
ments, glowing with the rich tints of Claude Lor-
rain, embellish the interior.
The fantastic architecture of the palace of Ci-
ciaporci, in which Julio Romano seems to have
allowed his talent to amuse itself in singularity,
may deserve a transient visit.
ten feet long, and more than two broad : it is
adorned with antique statues ; and the walls of
two noble galleries, to which it conducts, are co-
vered with pictures.
The Orsini palace owes the elevation which
renders it remarkable to the theatre of Mar-
cellus, on whose foundations, vaults, and collect-
ed ruins, it rises on a lofty eminence.
Tho Palazzo Giustiniani stands on Nero’s
baths, and is adorned with a profusion of statues
and columns extracted from their ruins. This
collection, once reported to contain above fifteen
hundred antique figures, has, I fear, been much
diminished since the commencement of the revo-
lutionary war.
The Palazzo Altieri is a detached edifice
forming a square, and presenting four fronts, all
setoff with architectural decorations. Two courts,
a handsome portico, and several noble apart-
ments, glowing with the rich tints of Claude Lor-
rain, embellish the interior.
The fantastic architecture of the palace of Ci-
ciaporci, in which Julio Romano seems to have
allowed his talent to amuse itself in singularity,
may deserve a transient visit.