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THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL.
till their curiosity was satisfied, when he was allowed
to return home. Hearing them also inquire eagerly at
what inn he lodged, he thought it better to quit Venice
early the next morning, and prosecute his observations
in a less inquisitive neighbourhood.
The loggia, at the foot of the Campanile, was built
from the designs of the celebrated Sansovino, whose
genius has added so much beauty to the Piazza di S.
Marco. The edifice is of the Corinthian order, orna-
mented with very rich columns, and with four niches, in
each of which stands a bronze statue of the size of life,
and executed with the greatest skill. It was the original
intention of the architect that the loggia should extend
all round the tower, so as to form a perfect base to it,
and not be confined, as at present, to one of the fronts
only. The marble of which the loggia is built is allowed
to be of great beauty and rarity.
About the beginning of the last century, the Cam-
panile is said to have been the scene of a singular and
fatal catastrophe, the narrative of which has never, we
believe, hitherto appeared in print. In the autumn of
the year 1713 two strangers arrived at Ravenna—an
elderly lady with a young and beautiful girl, who ap-
peared to be her daughter, and whose health had evi-
dently suffered from recent illness. They only stayed
at Ravenna till they could obtain possession of one of
the small retired villas situated on the borders of the
Pineta, or Pine Forest, which stretches over the hills
almost as far as Rimini. In this retreat, attended only
by a single servant, they passed their time in the most
secluded manner, seldom even appearing in the open air
THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL.
till their curiosity was satisfied, when he was allowed
to return home. Hearing them also inquire eagerly at
what inn he lodged, he thought it better to quit Venice
early the next morning, and prosecute his observations
in a less inquisitive neighbourhood.
The loggia, at the foot of the Campanile, was built
from the designs of the celebrated Sansovino, whose
genius has added so much beauty to the Piazza di S.
Marco. The edifice is of the Corinthian order, orna-
mented with very rich columns, and with four niches, in
each of which stands a bronze statue of the size of life,
and executed with the greatest skill. It was the original
intention of the architect that the loggia should extend
all round the tower, so as to form a perfect base to it,
and not be confined, as at present, to one of the fronts
only. The marble of which the loggia is built is allowed
to be of great beauty and rarity.
About the beginning of the last century, the Cam-
panile is said to have been the scene of a singular and
fatal catastrophe, the narrative of which has never, we
believe, hitherto appeared in print. In the autumn of
the year 1713 two strangers arrived at Ravenna—an
elderly lady with a young and beautiful girl, who ap-
peared to be her daughter, and whose health had evi-
dently suffered from recent illness. They only stayed
at Ravenna till they could obtain possession of one of
the small retired villas situated on the borders of the
Pineta, or Pine Forest, which stretches over the hills
almost as far as Rimini. In this retreat, attended only
by a single servant, they passed their time in the most
secluded manner, seldom even appearing in the open air