Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . Chapel, the Loggia of Bramante, the Stanze of Raphael, andmany more things of beauty, lies in the church of San Pietro ad Vinculo,. Leo the Tenthis buried in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. He was of the House of Medici,devoted to the worship of the beautiful, and loving Raphael above all artists, as the highpriest of beauty. Leos motto was, Since God has given us the Papacy, let us enjoy it!And he did enjoy it with every refinement of pleasure. 262 ITALY. The eighteen years which elapsed between the accession of Julius to the death ofLeo, contain w
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . Chapel, the Loggia of Bramante, the Stanze of Raphael, andmany more things of beauty, lies in the church of San Pietro ad Vinculo,. Leo the Tenthis buried in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. He was of the House of Medici,devoted to the worship of the beautiful, and loving Raphael above all artists, as the highpriest of beauty. Leos motto was, Since God has given us the Papacy, let us enjoy it!And he did enjoy it with every refinement of pleasure. 262 ITALY. The eighteen years which elapsed between the accession of Julius to the death ofLeo, contain whole centuries of progress in Italian art and culture; and indeed form themost brilliant epoch in its history. We would willingly give to these two patrons of artthe most splendid tombs in St. Peters, which, however, are occupied by comparativelyinsignificant pontiffs. But it is not only Popes who rest here. Protestants may well contemplate musinglythe tomb of Christina, the apostate daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, who died for the. CLAUDIAN ACQUEDUCT IN THE VILLA WOLKONSKY. cause of the reformed faith ;—the heedless queen, and accomplished woman, of the seven-teenth century. Germans will find food for thought in the bas-reliefs with which Urbanthe Eighth has adorned the monument to the Countess Matilda, on which they see one oftheir native sovereigns represented in the deepest humiliation, bare-foot, and clad in apenitential garment,— Canossa ! Musicians may interest themselves in the tomb of Pales-trina, the great reformer of music. Artists are delighted with the early effort of MichaelAngelos genius in front of the chapel near the entrance, which is named after the masterswork, la Pieta. It seems to have been sculptured by the chisel of a Greek who hadembraced Christianity. The faithful can stoop to kiss the foot of the bronze statue of thePrince of the Apostles, worn and polished by the lips of generations of believers. Andthose who love the pomps of the Church should co
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