Walks in Rome (Volume 1) (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II THE CORSO AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD The Piazza del Popolo?Obelisk?S. Maria del Popolo?The Pinclo?Villa Medici ?Trinita de' Monti)?(Via Babuino?Via Margutta?Piazza di Spagna? Propaganda)?(Via Rlpetta?SS. Rocco e Martino-S. Girolamo degli Schia- vonl)-S. Giacomo degli Incurabili?Via Vittoria?Mausoleum of Augustus ?S. Carlo in Corso?Via Condotti?Palazzo Borghese?Palazzo Ruspoli?S. Lorenzo in Lucina?S. Silvestro in Capite?S. Andrea delle Fratte? Palazzo Chigi?Piazza Colonna?Palace and Obelisk of Monte Citorio?Temple of Neptune?Fountain of Trevi?Palazzo Poll?Palazzo Sciarra?The Caravita ?S. Ignazio?S. Marcello-S. Maria in Via Lata?Palazzo Doria Pamfili? Palazzo Salviati?Palazzo Odescalchi?Palazzo Colonna?Church of SS. Apos- toli?Palazzo Savorelli? Palazzo Bonaparte?Palazzo di Venezia?Palazzo Torlonia?Ripresa de Barberi?S. Marco?Church of II Gesd?Palazzo Altieri. THE first object of every traveller will naturally be to reach the Capitol, and look down thence upon ancient Rome; but as he will go down the Corso to do this, and must daily pass most of its surrounding buildings, we will first speak of those objects which will, ere long, become the most familiar. A stranger's first lesson in Roman topography should be learnt standing in the Piazza del Popolo, whence three streets branch off? the Corso, in the centre, leading towards the Capitol, beyond which lies ancient Rome; the Babuino, on the left, leading to the Piazza di Spagna and the English quarter; the Ripetta, on the right, leading to the Castle of S. Angelo and S. Peter's. The scene is one well known from pictures and engravings. The space between the streets is occupied by twin churches, erected by Cardinal Gastaldi. 'Les deux eglises elevees a la Place du Peuple par le Cardinal Gastaldi a 1'entree du Corso, ...