. Eight journeys abroad. eir castles, fought it out and then thevictorious Pope Paul 3rd (Farnese) overcame them and builta great fortress over all this high part and imprisoned and tor-tured the Perugians until now the monument in the Piazzain front of this Hotel gives glory to Victor Emmanuel whodelivered them from the rule ot the Popes. I sat out in the Park gazing at the wonderful sunset light-ing up Assisi and Spello and Foligno and coming back leaned * What energy for a woman of 60! 569 EIGHT JOURNEYS ABROAD over the Parapet to see the Porta Marcia, the Etruscan gate,imbedded into the pr
. Eight journeys abroad. eir castles, fought it out and then thevictorious Pope Paul 3rd (Farnese) overcame them and builta great fortress over all this high part and imprisoned and tor-tured the Perugians until now the monument in the Piazzain front of this Hotel gives glory to Victor Emmanuel whodelivered them from the rule ot the Popes. I sat out in the Park gazing at the wonderful sunset light-ing up Assisi and Spello and Foligno and coming back leaned * What energy for a woman of 60! 569 EIGHT JOURNEYS ABROAD over the Parapet to see the Porta Marcia, the Etruscan gate,imbedded into the present bastion, which descends to thewinding street. It still has statues in its niches, for it wasspared by both nobles and popes. This morning we went up to the Piazza Municipio, wherewe had to climb to the 4th story to see the museum, withPeruginos and Pinturicchios and San Georgios and Bonfigli,not so very different from one another but all beautiful. Thenin the next building, right on the ground floor of the old Col-. COLLEGIO DEL CAMBIO, PERUGIA legio del Cambio, which I suppose was an Exchange, were tworooms, the first entirely wood carving, seats like in the choirsof churches, and the second a judicial seat and bench of themoney changers carved up to the ceiling, the rest of it coveredwith Peruginos greatest frescoes, which Napoleon was notable to carry away. You cannot imagine anything morebeautiful and mediaeval. The piazza at the side of the Municipio contains a beauti-ful carved fountain, one story of marble and one of side of the Municipio has a fine outside staircase and 570 ITALY Immense griffins, the symbol of Perugia, standing out fromthe wall and from there a narrow dark street pitches downbetween high dark houses to a little Piazza with fine view,which is upheld by Etruscan walls, which curve out to theright and left. We were lucky to enter the Cathedral this morning just asthey finished a high mass in full pontificals, and then a pro-cession went
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