Italy: handbook for travellers First Part, Northern Italy and Corsica . uly 7th, 1822; his friendByron afterwards caused his remains to be burned, and the ashes depositednear the pyramid of Cestius at Rome. The Monti Pisani, a range of hills to the E., are very picturesque;among them, about 6 M. from the town, in the Valle dei Calci, lies LaCertosa, or Carthusian Abbey, a fine structure of the 14th cent. (1367), withchurch and cloisters, restored in 1814. To the r. above it is La Verruca,a mountain 1765 ft. above the sea-level, crowned with ruins of a castle ofthe 15th cent, and commanding a m
Italy: handbook for travellers First Part, Northern Italy and Corsica . uly 7th, 1822; his friendByron afterwards caused his remains to be burned, and the ashes depositednear the pyramid of Cestius at Rome. The Monti Pisani, a range of hills to the E., are very picturesque;among them, about 6 M. from the town, in the Valle dei Calci, lies LaCertosa, or Carthusian Abbey, a fine structure of the 14th cent. (1367), withchurch and cloisters, restored in 1814. To the r. above it is La Verruca,a mountain 1765 ft. above the sea-level, crowned with ruins of a castle ofthe 15th cent, and commanding a most delightful prospect. About 3 jr. of Pisa, on the old post-road to Leghorn, r. of therailway, in the direction of the Arno and opp. to S. Eossore, is situated theancient basilica of S. Pietro in Grado, erected before the year 1000, con-taining beautiful antique columns and capitals, occupying the spot, accord-ing to tradition, where St. Peter first landed in Italy. It was formerly p- s> a g» 3 3 O * i i § 11 Si & t iff illl iCErriil If r -N « 1 - *e. 51. Route. 273 much ircqueuieu as a pngrimage-cnurch. The faded paintings in the inte-rior are of the 14th cent. The ancient estuary of the Arno, with the har-bour of Pisa, must once have been at this spot, before the present coast wasformed by alluvial deposits. One of the favourite excursions hence is to the Baths of Pisa, theBagni di S. Giuliano (see below), which are reached in a few minutes bythe Lucca line. 51. From Pisa to Florence by Lucca and Pistoja. IIail way in 4 brs.; fares 9 fr. 70 c, 7 fr. 85 c, 6 fr. The line intersecls the fertile plain between the Arno andSerchio. First stat. Bagni di San Giuliano, at the base of theMonti Pisani, known to the ancients as Aquae Calidae Pisanorum(Plin. Hist. Nat. II., 103). 11 Pozzetto is the warmest spring(104° Fahr.), Bagno degli Ebrei the coldest (82°). Twelve dif-ferent baths are distinguished by the names of heathen divi-nities ; there is also a bath for the poo
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