Italy: handbook for travellersFirst Part, Northern Italy . are situatedbehind the Fumajolo. Near the monastery are the Luoalri Sunti, a number of grottoes androck-hewn chambers in which St. Francis once lived. The church containsno pictures worthy of mention, but several excellent reliefs in terracotta,especially an Annunciation by Lucu delta Robbia. To the S., not far from the monastery, is situated the ruined castleof Chiusi, occupying the site of the ancient Clitsiuin Xorum, where LodovicoBuonarotti, lather of Michael Angelo, once held the office of great master himself was born
Italy: handbook for travellersFirst Part, Northern Italy . are situatedbehind the Fumajolo. Near the monastery are the Luoalri Sunti, a number of grottoes androck-hewn chambers in which St. Francis once lived. The church containsno pictures worthy of mention, but several excellent reliefs in terracotta,especially an Annunciation by Lucu delta Robbia. To the S., not far from the monastery, is situated the ruined castleof Chiusi, occupying the site of the ancient Clitsiuin Xorum, where LodovicoBuonarotti, lather of Michael Angelo, once held the office of great master himself was born March 6th, 1475, at Caprese, in thevalley of the fSiiiyenta in the vicinity, but in 1476 his parents removed to?•iettitjnano, in the vicinity of the quarries. The traveller is recommended to return from Bibbiena toFlorence by Arezzo (diligence daily in 3 hrs.; one-horse Jr.). The road follows the 1. bank of the Arno, passingseveral small villages, quits the river at Oiovi, and enteringthe rich Val di Chinnn leads to Arezzo (*Le Ckiavi dOro),. I S»lflttlMlt CORSICA. 50. Route. 403 where a few hours may be agreeably occupied in inspecting;the old church of S. Maria della Pieve, the Cathedral and theMuseum. From Arezzo to Florence railway in 3l/4 his.; lares8 fr. 70, 7 fr. 15, 5 fr. 55 c, 50. Corsica. Corsica (French La Corse), situated between 43 and 4t» 21 N. Latitude,55 M. distant from Italy and 110 M. from France, and separated from Sar-dinia by the Strait of Bonifazio, 9 M. in width, possesses an area of 3365sq. 31. and a population of 259,861 souls. A broad mountain-chain, termi-nating towards the N. in the Capo Corso, consisting of grey granite andlimestone formations, occupies almost the entire island. On the W. itrises abruptly from the sea, forming a number of hold promontories anddeeply indented bays. On the E. side, towards Italy, the alluvial depositshave been more abundant, and have formed a level coast of some vast altitude attained by the m
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