A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity : recently executed from drawings made upon the spot . to the Tiber. The mouth iiom which this Cloaca emptied itself into the rivermay still be seen near the temple of Vesta. Notwithstanding this sewer is at present half buried in the earth, itis impossible not to admire its arch ; the stones of which, united with-out any cement or mortar, are of a surprising thickness. CLOACA MAXI3IA. vvET egoût si fameux fût commencé par Tarquin lancien, et achevépar Tarquin le superbe, qui népargna pour terminer le grand ouvrageni la vie ni le
A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity : recently executed from drawings made upon the spot . to the Tiber. The mouth iiom which this Cloaca emptied itself into the rivermay still be seen near the temple of Vesta. Notwithstanding this sewer is at present half buried in the earth, itis impossible not to admire its arch ; the stones of which, united with-out any cement or mortar, are of a surprising thickness. CLOACA MAXI3IA. vvET egoût si fameux fût commencé par Tarquin lancien, et achevépar Tarquin le superbe, qui népargna pour terminer le grand ouvrageni la vie ni le repos de ses sujets ; Agrippa ajouta encor a sa magni-ficence et a sa solidité ; il aimoit quelques fois a se promener en bateausous ces voûtes ou couloient les eaux des aqueducs et des fontainesqui alloient décharger leur superflu dans le Tibre. On voit encore lembouchure de la cloaque dans le fleuve près dutemple de Vesta ; quoi que cet egout soit maintenant à moitiéenseveli sous terre on ne peut sempêcher dadmirer sa voûte dont lespierres, unies ensemble sans ciment sont dune grosseur IK MAXJIMA /,,,,^r/, ,f/,/...//(, y-f/ / /^_0^>./y ,Ç .//^,r,y, /.«•*. c/ûii/z/itir/t/ €tU/. .^ ^ ^ > t^ fc3 ?.j Î!> T- 0 1 S=4 • r Î 0 Vi ^ ,s.
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