. Guide to Italy and Sicily. gs, anda fine collection of majolica fromPesaro, Urbino, etc. On the 2ndfloor is the Town Library. Above Pesaro, on the upperslopes of Monte S. Bartolo (650 ft.),stands the Villa Imperiale, wellworth a visit (| (Tickets atNo. 5 Via Mazza.) It was built in1469 by Alessandro Sforza, andenlarged in 1530 by GirolamoGenga. The rooms are beauti-fully decorated with stucco andadorned with frescoes by Bronzino,liaffaellino del Garbo, and GirolamoGenga. Magnificent view. 7 m. lies Gradara (p. 39).Pleasant walk of 3 hrs. along thesands and cliffs from Pesaro toFan
. Guide to Italy and Sicily. gs, anda fine collection of majolica fromPesaro, Urbino, etc. On the 2ndfloor is the Town Library. Above Pesaro, on the upperslopes of Monte S. Bartolo (650 ft.),stands the Villa Imperiale, wellworth a visit (| (Tickets atNo. 5 Via Mazza.) It was built in1469 by Alessandro Sforza, andenlarged in 1530 by GirolamoGenga. The rooms are beauti-fully decorated with stucco andadorned with frescoes by Bronzino,liaffaellino del Garbo, and GirolamoGenga. Magnificent view. 7 m. lies Gradara (p. 39).Pleasant walk of 3 hrs. along thesands and cliffs from Pesaro toFano. PIACENZA (35,600). Rtes. 3, 7,33, 60. Near the rt. bank of the Po, andsurrounded by a wall and ditch,was formerly a place of considerablestrength, and is now an importantmilitary station. In the Piazza .dei Cavalli stand the bronze eques-trian statues of Alessandro andRanuccio Farnese (1624), membersof the ducal family of is the fine Palazzo Comunale,with an arcade on the groundfloor, and beautiful round arched. GUIDE TO ITALY Pisa 169 windows with brick decorations onthe iirst floor—perhaps the bestmunicipal building in Italy. is a fine Gothic brickchurch. The Duomo, situated in astreet leading out of this square, isin the Lombard style of the 12thcent., with additions of the 13th. Itstriple portal is very handsome. TheCampanile is a square brick tower,about 200 ft. high. The interior isadorned with frescoes by Guercinoand Lodovico Caracci. On the highaltar is a Gothic reredos. Beneathis an ancient crypt with numerouscolumns. The Church of S. Maria dellaCampagna has some remarkablefrescoes by Pordenone (1530). , formerly the Cathedral,has a fine entrance hall of 1350,called 11 Paradiso. At the N. endof the town is the RenaissanceChurch of S. Sisto, with some goodinlaid woodwork in its Choir. Overthe high altar is a copy (nearly 200years old) of the famous Madonnain the Dresden Gallery, painted byRaphael for this church in 1515, andsold to
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