DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.4719#0234
*****
■MM WW
?lpAitecture^
* *'• '•'■ -.:•
■'•'y to:
!oot,ibou
HIEEAPOLIS.
213
a miles from It
ventr miWfc
:on which tk
» poured donii
the attraction &
rbe waters, ilfc
•pringt imong&!
> fvr twenty mikr
jwfathrpore;!
-
a dirk green b'
, :....:: > :;v..
larattbeta
ting the dm1
■
a pearlr w':.
■ jiU
which I cm
or feeble cr
ram, and *-
I *N0
leaving a deposit by which they are choked up, and over
which they again flow, have raised the whole surface of the
ground fifteen or twenty feet, forming masses of this shelly
stone in ridges, which impede the paths, as well as conceal
and render it difficult to trace out the foundations of build-
ings. The deposit has the appearance of a salt, but it is
tasteless, and to the touch is like the shell of the cuttle-fish.
These streams have flowed on for ages, and the hills are
coated over with their deposit of a filmy semitransparent ap-
pearance, looking like half-melted snow suddenly frozen*.
The town stands upon the high cliff, over which these
streams fall in cascades; it commands a fine view of the
valley, and has many of the picturesque advantages which
would be sought in a modern watering-place; the moun-
tains rise at the back, and wooded ravines offer shade
for summer rambles. The ruins are crowded and exten-
sive, and here again are some remains unaccountable from
their immense proportions: in this place they might be
taken to have been baths, but I still incline to the idea
that they were palaces. The theatre has been richly orna-
mented, and many of the cornices so much as to impair
their simplicity and beauty; these, together with most of
the groups of figures, bear traces of an age more devoted
to luxury than pure taste. The inscriptions found here
have been copied by others. The stone used in building is
the conglomerate of the neighbourhood.
A singular effect is seen upon the square pillars of a
colonnade standing on each side of a court-yard of the
palace; they are formed of chips of marble of all sizes,
* Appearances exactly like those here described present themselves at
the baths of San Filippo in Tuscany. The thermal waters of Hiera-
polis are mentioned by numerous ancient authors. It appears that the
ancient inhabitants erected fences around their fields and gardens merely
by leading the hot water in channels so as to deposit the incrustation in
the proper lines of direction.
■MM WW
?lpAitecture^
* *'• '•'■ -.:•
■'•'y to:
!oot,ibou
HIEEAPOLIS.
213
a miles from It
ventr miWfc
:on which tk
» poured donii
the attraction &
rbe waters, ilfc
•pringt imong&!
> fvr twenty mikr
jwfathrpore;!
-
a dirk green b'
, :....:: > :;v..
larattbeta
ting the dm1
■
a pearlr w':.
■ jiU
which I cm
or feeble cr
ram, and *-
I *N0
leaving a deposit by which they are choked up, and over
which they again flow, have raised the whole surface of the
ground fifteen or twenty feet, forming masses of this shelly
stone in ridges, which impede the paths, as well as conceal
and render it difficult to trace out the foundations of build-
ings. The deposit has the appearance of a salt, but it is
tasteless, and to the touch is like the shell of the cuttle-fish.
These streams have flowed on for ages, and the hills are
coated over with their deposit of a filmy semitransparent ap-
pearance, looking like half-melted snow suddenly frozen*.
The town stands upon the high cliff, over which these
streams fall in cascades; it commands a fine view of the
valley, and has many of the picturesque advantages which
would be sought in a modern watering-place; the moun-
tains rise at the back, and wooded ravines offer shade
for summer rambles. The ruins are crowded and exten-
sive, and here again are some remains unaccountable from
their immense proportions: in this place they might be
taken to have been baths, but I still incline to the idea
that they were palaces. The theatre has been richly orna-
mented, and many of the cornices so much as to impair
their simplicity and beauty; these, together with most of
the groups of figures, bear traces of an age more devoted
to luxury than pure taste. The inscriptions found here
have been copied by others. The stone used in building is
the conglomerate of the neighbourhood.
A singular effect is seen upon the square pillars of a
colonnade standing on each side of a court-yard of the
palace; they are formed of chips of marble of all sizes,
* Appearances exactly like those here described present themselves at
the baths of San Filippo in Tuscany. The thermal waters of Hiera-
polis are mentioned by numerous ancient authors. It appears that the
ancient inhabitants erected fences around their fields and gardens merely
by leading the hot water in channels so as to deposit the incrustation in
the proper lines of direction.