Days near Rome . Italy, and set off thitheralmost immediately after his arrival in Rome. The inner court of the castle is much more cheerful. It 148 DA YS NEAR ROME. has a gothic loggia and a curious outside staircase, at oncedescending and ascending, and adorned with frescoes. Aswe were sitting here to draw, the old housekeeper came outto welcome us. She had been the German nurse of theyoung Prince Odescalchi, to whom the castle now belongs ;we brought her a letter from the Princess-mother, and shewas delighted to have the break in the monotony of her had told the Princess she wished
Days near Rome . Italy, and set off thitheralmost immediately after his arrival in Rome. The inner court of the castle is much more cheerful. It 148 DA YS NEAR ROME. has a gothic loggia and a curious outside staircase, at oncedescending and ascending, and adorned with frescoes. Aswe were sitting here to draw, the old housekeeper came outto welcome us. She had been the German nurse of theyoung Prince Odescalchi, to whom the castle now belongs ;we brought her a letter from the Princess-mother, and shewas delighted to have the break in the monotony of her had told the Princess she wished for repose — shewished to have time to think in her old age—and here shefound it, but sometimes the repose was almost too wind whistled through the long galleries louder than waspleasant, when there was no voice to enliven it; and lastweek in the earthquake—when the castle went crick-crack,and the plaster fell from the walls, and the tiles rattled uponthe roof—oh, then it was roba da Castle Court. Bracciano. Of the few mediaeval castles in Italy which are still in-habited Bracciano is one of the largest. The Odescalchi CASTLE OF BKACCIANO. 149 family still occasionally come here in summer, when thevast chambers must be delightfully cool, and the views overlake and town and mountains most enjoyable. On theupper floor is the Hall of Justice, where the Orsini barons,who had the right of appointing magistrates, and being judgesin their own persons, used for several centuries to sit injudgment upon their dependants. The Great Hall on theground floor has some rapidly-vanishing frescoes of Zuc-chero, and looks like a place where ten thousand ghostsmight hold carnival, only perhaps their revels would be hin-dered by the tiny chapel which opens out of it. In theliving apartments are some fine old chairs and carved modernfurniture, splendid beds and wardrobes, and infinitesimalwashing-apparatus. One room has family portraits from oldtimes down to the presen
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