DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.53561#0264
2J4
i
A 'New Voyage No\. IL
But, after all, I can assure you ’tis absolutely
false, that Genoa is built of Marble; Brick and
Stone, or both mix’d together, are the ordinary
Materials of its Houses, and the Walls are gene-
rally cover’d with Plaister.
’Tis true, there are some Houses in the Strada
nuova that are richly adorn’d with Marble, and
even the Fronts of four or five of ’em are almost
wholly built of it, but these are all the Marble
Houses in Genoa ; and I leave you to judge whe-
ther this be a susficientReason to pretend that the
whole City is built of Marble, or whether it might
not be affirm’d on better Grounds, That Lond.n
is wholly built of Stone, or Paris of Brick.
But tho’ Genoa is not wholly .built of Marble,
it may justly boast of some very beautiful Stru-
ctures; for the Houses are extreamly large and
fair in the five or six Streets that are of a conside-
rable breadth, and in the magnificent Suburb of
S. Pietro d' Arena. And besides, Slate and Glass
are as common here, as they are rare in most
other Parts of Italy.
I have heard so often of the Gardens in the Air,
that are to be seen in this City, that I think my
self oblig’d to give you some Account of ’em. If
the Relations of Travellers were exaAly true,
and Things were call’d by their own proper
Names, those who never'Law Genoa wou’d not
form such lofty Ideas of thefe pretended Gardens
in the Air, as if they were Machins of an Opera,
or Imitations of the fampus Gardens of Sewira-
ntis. There is so little even Ground in this City,
that, as I intimated before, they are oblig’d to
make the Streets narrow, and the Houses very
high; from whence you may reasonably con-
clude, that there is not much spare room for
Gardens. To supply that Defeat, several Pcrsons
adorn the Balconies of their Houses with Flower-
pots,
i
A 'New Voyage No\. IL
But, after all, I can assure you ’tis absolutely
false, that Genoa is built of Marble; Brick and
Stone, or both mix’d together, are the ordinary
Materials of its Houses, and the Walls are gene-
rally cover’d with Plaister.
’Tis true, there are some Houses in the Strada
nuova that are richly adorn’d with Marble, and
even the Fronts of four or five of ’em are almost
wholly built of it, but these are all the Marble
Houses in Genoa ; and I leave you to judge whe-
ther this be a susficientReason to pretend that the
whole City is built of Marble, or whether it might
not be affirm’d on better Grounds, That Lond.n
is wholly built of Stone, or Paris of Brick.
But tho’ Genoa is not wholly .built of Marble,
it may justly boast of some very beautiful Stru-
ctures; for the Houses are extreamly large and
fair in the five or six Streets that are of a conside-
rable breadth, and in the magnificent Suburb of
S. Pietro d' Arena. And besides, Slate and Glass
are as common here, as they are rare in most
other Parts of Italy.
I have heard so often of the Gardens in the Air,
that are to be seen in this City, that I think my
self oblig’d to give you some Account of ’em. If
the Relations of Travellers were exaAly true,
and Things were call’d by their own proper
Names, those who never'Law Genoa wou’d not
form such lofty Ideas of thefe pretended Gardens
in the Air, as if they were Machins of an Opera,
or Imitations of the fampus Gardens of Sewira-
ntis. There is so little even Ground in this City,
that, as I intimated before, they are oblig’d to
make the Streets narrow, and the Houses very
high; from whence you may reasonably con-
clude, that there is not much spare room for
Gardens. To supply that Defeat, several Pcrsons
adorn the Balconies of their Houses with Flower-
pots,