Wanderings in the Roman campagna . n-dations. This superposition of the sixteenth-centuryvillas on the classic ones is the fundamental point inthe study of the topography of this attractive district. Ifwe spread before our eyes the panoramic view of theFrascati country-seats, as they appeared at the time ofPaul V, designed and engraved In ]Matthew Greuter inIC-20, and substitute in imagination for the indifferentarchitecture of the modern ])alaces the classic outline oftheir predecessors, and for their gray, soml)re color theharmonious polychromy of a Pompeian house, we mavobtain a satisfactor
Wanderings in the Roman campagna . n-dations. This superposition of the sixteenth-centuryvillas on the classic ones is the fundamental point inthe study of the topography of this attractive district. Ifwe spread before our eyes the panoramic view of theFrascati country-seats, as they appeared at the time ofPaul V, designed and engraved In ]Matthew Greuter inIC-20, and substitute in imagination for the indifferentarchitecture of the modern ])alaces the classic outline oftheir predecessors, and for their gray, soml)re color theharmonious polychromy of a Pompeian house, we mavobtain a satisfactory impression of the old aspect of thehillside. The ])ioneer of villa-builders in the first half of thesixteenth century was Alessandro Rufini, Bishop ofMelfi, a man of archaeological tastes and an ardent col-lector of every inscription, or altar, or urn which bore thename of Rufinus or Rufina. As usual with the collectorof that period, whose means were not equal to their am-bition, the bishop found himself frequently in monetary s. A FISH PONU IN THE TUSCULAN VILL
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