Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . Archduke Albrecht, Maria Josephine and Charles Francis Joseph. Brother of the Emperor—his wife and child. 512 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. presss rooms open. It is supported by twelve marble col-umns, in front of which are placed marble statues broughtfrom Rome, while the walls are painted by Paliotti and Pas-tiglione with scenes from ancient Greek mythology andromance as described by Homer, yEsop and others. Themaqnificent terrace, with its marble balustrade, commands a. p:Er
Within royal palaces : a brilliant and charmingly written inner view of emperors, kings, queens, princes and princesses ... . Archduke Albrecht, Maria Josephine and Charles Francis Joseph. Brother of the Emperor—his wife and child. 512 WITHIN ROYAL PALACES. presss rooms open. It is supported by twelve marble col-umns, in front of which are placed marble statues broughtfrom Rome, while the walls are painted by Paliotti and Pas-tiglione with scenes from ancient Greek mythology andromance as described by Homer, yEsop and others. Themaqnificent terrace, with its marble balustrade, commands a. p:Eristyle; of the; villa of the empress at corfu. beautiful view of the sea, the town of Corfu, the Albaniancoast opposite, the Pindus chain, and Cape Parga. HerMajestys boudoir is in white and silver, with doors of whitelacquered wood painted with groups of lilies of the valley,violets and white heather. The furniture is of white velvetand the carpet is also pure white and covered almost entirely THE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF AUSTRIA. rj,. with snowy bearskins, The stables, saddle- and harness-rcoms, are, one might almost say, the greatest marvel of thissuperb residence. The Empress ordered everything in thisportion of the establishment to be brought from Englanddown to the wainscoting in light oak which lines the coach-houses and saddle-rooms. The stables are at some distancefrom the house, and constitute a very picturesque feature inthe landscape with their many gables, their latticed windowsand their pointed roofs overrun with creepers and climbingroses. The broad, sanded alley leading
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