Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . STAIRCASE IN THE ROYAL PALACE. tradition to prove that the ashes of theLatin poet once rested here. No trace re-mains of the hallowed urn, but there canbe no doubt that Virgil once lived andAvrote upon the hill of Posilippo. Beyondthe tomb, at the entrance of the passage,stands a small chapel, and in the interiorare others, where the faithful stop and saya prayer. There are certain days in Marchand November when the sun sets directly taken from the two great buried cities, itincludes the Farnese collection from Romeand Parma,
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . STAIRCASE IN THE ROYAL PALACE. tradition to prove that the ashes of theLatin poet once rested here. No trace re-mains of the hallowed urn, but there canbe no doubt that Virgil once lived andAvrote upon the hill of Posilippo. Beyondthe tomb, at the entrance of the passage,stands a small chapel, and in the interiorare others, where the faithful stop and saya prayer. There are certain days in Marchand November when the sun sets directly taken from the two great buried cities, itincludes the Farnese collection from Romeand Parma, those of the palaces of Por-tici and Capo di Monte, and also treasuresresulting from tiie excavations at Romeand Stabise. Naples abounds in royal palaces. Thereare five in the city and suburbs, which thetraveller may visit at pleasure, providedthey are not at the time occupied by any 758 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY THE VILLA NAZIONALE. member of the ro3al family, simply byprocuring a card from some one in Naples •willing to vouch for his respectability anddecent behavior within such hallowed])recincts. Of these the grand PalazzoKeale is the largest, and most magnificentin its interior decorations and details,though on the outside it is a plain andmonotonous building. It is situated inthe midst of the city, in the Piazza del Ple-biscito—so called from the popular voteAvhicli in 1860 united Naples with the restof Italy. This palace, designed by theRoman architect Domenico Fontana, wasbegun in 1600 under the Viceroy Countde Lemol. It was burned in 1837, butsome four years sufficed to complete therestorations. On visiting it we were firstconducted by an obsequious guide up aside staircase to the Garden Terrace, whichextends along the whole length of the pal-ace, 185 feet, and affords a fine view of theharbor and arsenal immediately magnificent grand staircase,construct-ed entirely of w
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