Days near Rome . Papal Palace, Anagni. remains in the interior; yet in these rooms William ofNogaret insulted the mighty Boniface VIII., and im-prisoned him in his own palace, when the fleur-de-lis wasseen in Anagni. Here, also, Innocent III., Gregory IX.,and Alexander IV., held their courts in the thirteenthcentury, all born here, and all sprung from native families,and once canons of the cathedral. Behind the palace afragment of a beautiful Gothic loggia of the time of Bonifaceremains; part of the interior is now used as a is not a book-shop in Anagni, and we could find noone,
Days near Rome . Papal Palace, Anagni. remains in the interior; yet in these rooms William ofNogaret insulted the mighty Boniface VIII., and im-prisoned him in his own palace, when the fleur-de-lis wasseen in Anagni. Here, also, Innocent III., Gregory IX.,and Alexander IV., held their courts in the thirteenthcentury, all born here, and all sprung from native families,and once canons of the cathedral. Behind the palace afragment of a beautiful Gothic loggia of the time of Bonifaceremains; part of the interior is now used as a is not a book-shop in Anagni, and we could find noone, not even the sacristan of the cathedral, who knewanything whatever of its history. The utmost they couldtell, was that Bonifazio had lived there, that his statue CATHEDRAL OF A NAG NT. 261 Stood on their walls, and that Dante had written of him—what, or who he was, they were quite ignorant Entrance to the Cathedral, Anagni. It is a very short distance up the hill to the Cathedral(Sta. Maria), which is the most interesting mediaeval buildingin this part of Italy, except the convent of Subiaco. Thesee dates from 487. On the wall, above what wasonce the great south entrance, Boniface VIII. sits aloft, inrobes and tiara, in his throne of state. Over his head,blazoned in gold and mosaic, are the illustrious alliances of 262 DA YS NEAR ROME. the Gaetani before his tune. The steps beneath this statue,which must have had a magnificent effect in the open space,as seen from the valley beneath, were destroyed thirty yearsago by a certain Marchese (even his name seems to beforgotten), and the present entrance is by the north, wherea quaint winding staircase leads into a dark gallery, linedwith curious old frescoes and inscriptions, and so into thecathedral. The cathedral of Anagni, though several times renovated by thebishops of the town and by the popes, still retains its ori
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