. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1844. THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 119 380 feet 510 feet 360 feet 346 feet 320 feet and foot races, for which it is exceedingly well adapted, but also aquatic exhibitions and rowing matches, as the arena can be laid completely under water in a very short time. A festival of this last-mentioned kind was given on the occasion of the birth of the King of ; To this account we need merely add that, notwithstanding there are so few rows of seats, they are c
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1844. THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 119 380 feet 510 feet 360 feet 346 feet 320 feet and foot races, for which it is exceedingly well adapted, but also aquatic exhibitions and rowing matches, as the arena can be laid completely under water in a very short time. A festival of this last-mentioned kind was given on the occasion of the birth of the King of ; To this account we need merely add that, notwithstanding there are so few rows of seats, they are computed to be capable of accom- modating no fewer than 30,000 spectators. We ought to observe, however, that the dimensions stated by the writer whom we have quoted, do not pretend to accuracy, we therefore give them according to what we have found them stated to be in metres; annexing, in order to afford readier means of comparison, those of some ancient ancient amphitheatres; — Milan, Arena . • 780 Rome, Colosseum . 615 Verona, Amphitheatre . 450 Pola, do. . 436 Nismes, do. • . 400 If we have spoken somewhat at length of this work of Canonica's, we shall not do so in regard to any of his other buildings, and for a most cogent reason, having, unfortunately, no materials for descrip- tion ; and it has even now cost us no little trouble to ascertain the names of those we here enumerate. Among those erected by him at Milan are the Teatro Ri; the Teatro Carcano, and the Teatro Ftlo- drammalico; also the Casa Canonica his own mansion, and the Palazzo Belloni. Canonica has been spoken of with high commendation by the writer of an article in the Quarterly Review, on the " Palladian Architec- ture of Italy," more especially with reference to the last-mentioned structure, "the front of which," it is there said, "is, perhaps, for its size, the most beautiful of any private building in Italy. It consists of a rustic basement story, with a balustrade, on whi
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