In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . rest,except perhaps the falling of the property into thehands of the two famous Florentine families of theCerretani and the Capponi in the eighteenth Capponi soon had entire ownership and in theirhands the garden was greatly enriched with statues,grottoes, fountains, and other embellishments. In thenineteenth century Prince Louis Napoleon, after-ward Napoleon III, lived in the villa for severalmonths. In the chapter Our Villa mention has been made of a group of four other Settignano villas lying ^ closely together on
In and out of Florence; a new introduction to a well-known city . rest,except perhaps the falling of the property into thehands of the two famous Florentine families of theCerretani and the Capponi in the eighteenth Capponi soon had entire ownership and in theirhands the garden was greatly enriched with statues,grottoes, fountains, and other embellishments. In thenineteenth century Prince Louis Napoleon, after-ward Napoleon III, lived in the villa for severalmonths. In the chapter Our Villa mention has been made of a group of four other Settignano villas lying ^ closely together on the south hill-slope that drops swiftly down to the Arno, it i^-W ^fc^^ the four villas of Lhiesa, rorzum-cola, Capponcino,and Viviani, associ-ated with the namesof Michelangelo,Eleonora Duse, Ga-briele dAnnunzio,and Mark Twain,respectively. Andstill other Setti-gnano houses asso- The church of the frati Olivetani at ciated with namesSettignano. ^^^^^^ -^ ^^^ ^^ jj^. erature might be mentioned. However, the specialcharm of Settignano is its out-of-doors. Farms. 1 £ Photo. Author Cypresses on Settignano Hill Above Val dArno Our Village 71 and orchards and vineyards are all about it, andfrom its hill-paths are glorious views of Arno valleyand its inclosing mountains. Take the road past Gambcraia that dips in a short,cavern-like tunnel under the cypress avenue and windsup and along the hill-side beyond. It is lined bythe ever-present stone walls of the Italian highways,but they are low and you can look over them into thefields and orchards on either hand, and see scarredolive trees, the looping vines, and the grain withits scattered red poppies and corn-flowers. In a littleway you come out upon a shoulder of the hill, andthere you can sit on the wall in front of the curiousold roadway shrine and look out between two liftingcypresses standing like mute guardians on either sideof a gate. It is a wonderful view of the Arno fromhere. It can be traced all the way to and throughFloren
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