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CLASSICAL TOUR
Ch. vr
Villa Matthei, once famous for the beauty and
number of its antiques, and though now like the
Orti Farnesi, forsaken and neglected, it is still
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interesting- for its groves, its verdure, its pros-
pects, and its solitudes.
Villa Negroni, once the favorite retreat of
Sixtus Quintus, encloses an immense space of
ground on the Esquiline and Viminal Hills, co-
vered with groves, and opening upon various
beautiful prospects. It contains two handsome
and spacious buildings. Its numerous antiqui-
ties have been removed. The celebrated Agger
Tarquinii, or rampart, raised by Tarquinius
Priscus, intersects this garden, and claims the
attention due to its age and origin.
The Villa, Aldobrandini is small and ill-fur-
nished, but celebrated for one remarkable object,
the Nozze Aldobrandine, an ancient painting,
which represents, as every reader knows, the
nuptial ceremony in graceful figures, easy dra-
pery, and charming groupes.
The Villa Ludovizi is a part only of the gar-
dens of Sallust, and as it stands on the summit
of the Pincian Hill, it necessarily commands
some very beautiful prospects. Its delicious
walks are shaded with ilex, cypress, and bay,
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CLASSICAL TOUR
Ch. vr
Villa Matthei, once famous for the beauty and
number of its antiques, and though now like the
Orti Farnesi, forsaken and neglected, it is still
7 O 7
interesting- for its groves, its verdure, its pros-
pects, and its solitudes.
Villa Negroni, once the favorite retreat of
Sixtus Quintus, encloses an immense space of
ground on the Esquiline and Viminal Hills, co-
vered with groves, and opening upon various
beautiful prospects. It contains two handsome
and spacious buildings. Its numerous antiqui-
ties have been removed. The celebrated Agger
Tarquinii, or rampart, raised by Tarquinius
Priscus, intersects this garden, and claims the
attention due to its age and origin.
The Villa, Aldobrandini is small and ill-fur-
nished, but celebrated for one remarkable object,
the Nozze Aldobrandine, an ancient painting,
which represents, as every reader knows, the
nuptial ceremony in graceful figures, easy dra-
pery, and charming groupes.
The Villa Ludovizi is a part only of the gar-
dens of Sallust, and as it stands on the summit
of the Pincian Hill, it necessarily commands
some very beautiful prospects. Its delicious
walks are shaded with ilex, cypress, and bay,
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