Rome And Its Neighborhood Visited In Eight Days - With A Plan Of The Principal Monuments (1877) (Hardcover)

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: THIRD DAY FROM PIAZZA COLONNA TO PIAZZA BARBERINI Starting auew from Piazza Colonna aud entering the Corso on the left hand of the square, we have on this side, first Chigi Palaee, begun in 1526 by Giacomo della Porto. and finished by C. Maderno. It contains a well-stocked library, famous for its collection of Greek and Latin manuscripts and opeu to the public every Tuesday between 9 a. m. and 12 on presentation of an order granted bj the Prince, himself, but obtainable on application to prof. Joseph Cugnoni, the deputy-librarian. The pictures and antiquities, once accessible to the public, have been removed to the private portion of the palace. Returning to the Corso, and continuing in the direction of Porta del Popnlo, we come to Via Frattina on the right-hand side, leading to the College of the Propaganda (Collegia di Propaganda Fide), where young men of all countries are educated as catholic missionaries. This institution was founded bvGregory XV and enlarged by Urban VIII, from the designs of Bernini and Borromiui. Facing the College is the Column of the Immaeulata Coneeption, erected by Pius IX in memory of the definition of this dogma in 1856 and designed by L. Poletti. The column of cipollino marble, found in Campo Marzo, is partly encased in a network of metal and crowned by a bronze statue of the Virgin modeled by Obici and cast by L. De Rossi. Round the base are statues of Moses, David, Isaiah and Eze- kiel and various basreliefs having reference to the dogma. To the left of this monument is the Spanish Ambassador's palace, which gives its name to Spanish Plaee (Piazza di Spagna), in the center of which stands the Barcaccia, or boat-shaped fountain of Bernini. On the r. of the same rises the handsome flight of 125 steps, the work of Specchi and De San...