The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . ficial—not like the PoggioGajella, at Chiusi, or the Monteroni, near Palo, a natural heighthoney-combed with sepulchral cells—and seems to have been raised 6 A detailed description of this tomb and Siena, 1843. For an account of the exca-its contents, together with illustrations, has vations see also Bull. Inst. 1843, pp. 33,been published by Sr. Melchiore Missirini, 49 ; 1S64, p. 39. 412 COETONA. [chap. lx. over the masomy-built tombs, which stand on the very level ofthe plain. Another mound, not far off, offers a further field forexcavating enterprise.
The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . ficial—not like the PoggioGajella, at Chiusi, or the Monteroni, near Palo, a natural heighthoney-combed with sepulchral cells—and seems to have been raised 6 A detailed description of this tomb and Siena, 1843. For an account of the exca-its contents, together with illustrations, has vations see also Bull. Inst. 1843, pp. 33,been published by Sr. Melchiore Missirini, 49 ; 1S64, p. 39. 412 COETONA. [chap. lx. over the masomy-built tombs, which stand on the very level ofthe plain. Another mound, not far off, offers a further field forexcavating enterprise. Cortona is a city of great interest. Its high antiquity, itsmysterious origin, lost in the dim perspective of remote ages—the fables connected with its early history—the problem of itsmighty walls—the pauchy of tombs as yet discovered aroundthem, and the singular character of those that stand open—combine to cast a charm over Cortona, a charm of mystery,which can only be fully appreciated by those who have visited BRONZE HEAD OF HYlNOS, FROM PERUGIA. CHAPTER LXL PERUGIA.— City. Siut tibi Flarainius, Thrasymenaque litora testes. Ovid. E traversamo per veder Perugia, Che come il monte, il sito e buoiio e bello. Faccio degli Uberti. Happy the man who with mind open to the influences ofNature, journeys on a bright day from Cortona to Perugia ! Hepasses through some of the most beautiful scenery in all-beautifulItaly, by the most lovely of lakes, and over ground hallowed byevents among the most memorable in the history of the ancientworld. For on the shores of the reedy Thrasymene, thefierce Carthaginian set his foot on the proud neck of Rome. This used to be the upper post-road from Florence to Rome,via Perugia and Foligno, and it is still the line of the railroad,which, while it has greatly facilitated communication, has oblite- 414 PERUGIA.—The City. [chap. lxi. rated certain characteristic features of Italian travel, familiar tothose who knew
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