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CLASSICAL TOUR
a. x.
theatre where Nero first disgraced himself by ap-
pearing as a public singer: some vestiges of this
theatre may still be traced by an observing anti-
quary. The church of St. Filippo Neri is re-
markable for the number of ancient pillars that
support its triple row of aisles on both sides of the
nave. St. Lorenzo, belonging to a convent found-
ed by Charles of Anjou, is a monument of the^
hatred which that prince bore to popular repre-
sentation. It stands on the site of the Basilica
Augusta, a noble and magnificent hall, which at
the period of the first entrance of the French was
the place of public assembly where the senate
and people of Naples met in council. Charles
suppressed the assemblies, demolished the hall,
and in the year 1266 erected the church which now
occupies its place. The establishment of a free
and just government would have been a work
more agreeable to the will, and more conformable
to the attributes, of the common Fatherofall,
than the erection of a temple on the ruins of pub-
lic property, and in defiance of justice.
Of all the Neapolitan churches, that De Spirito
Santo in the Strada Toledo is the most worthy
a loss to discover it; but, if a more open declaration can
give atiy satisfaction, he now declares, that he does not be-
lieve the liquefying substance to be the blood of St. Januarius„
CLASSICAL TOUR
a. x.
theatre where Nero first disgraced himself by ap-
pearing as a public singer: some vestiges of this
theatre may still be traced by an observing anti-
quary. The church of St. Filippo Neri is re-
markable for the number of ancient pillars that
support its triple row of aisles on both sides of the
nave. St. Lorenzo, belonging to a convent found-
ed by Charles of Anjou, is a monument of the^
hatred which that prince bore to popular repre-
sentation. It stands on the site of the Basilica
Augusta, a noble and magnificent hall, which at
the period of the first entrance of the French was
the place of public assembly where the senate
and people of Naples met in council. Charles
suppressed the assemblies, demolished the hall,
and in the year 1266 erected the church which now
occupies its place. The establishment of a free
and just government would have been a work
more agreeable to the will, and more conformable
to the attributes, of the common Fatherofall,
than the erection of a temple on the ruins of pub-
lic property, and in defiance of justice.
Of all the Neapolitan churches, that De Spirito
Santo in the Strada Toledo is the most worthy
a loss to discover it; but, if a more open declaration can
give atiy satisfaction, he now declares, that he does not be-
lieve the liquefying substance to be the blood of St. Januarius„