. New guide of Rome, Naples and their environs. ed by two large hemicycles , isadorned with fountains, statues, an egyptiau obelisk, andchurches of nearly the same style of architecture fromwhich branch off three of the principal streets of Rome:that in the middle called the Corso is a mile in length. The statues of (he piazza represent Rome , betweenthe Anio and the Tiber; Neptune and the Tritons j Spring,Summer, Autumn and Winter. The semicircle to the leftof the gate is surmounted by the public promenade of thePincian hill. Adjoining the gate is the church called S. Maria delPopolo founded,
. New guide of Rome, Naples and their environs. ed by two large hemicycles , isadorned with fountains, statues, an egyptiau obelisk, andchurches of nearly the same style of architecture fromwhich branch off three of the principal streets of Rome:that in the middle called the Corso is a mile in length. The statues of (he piazza represent Rome , betweenthe Anio and the Tiber; Neptune and the Tritons j Spring,Summer, Autumn and Winter. The semicircle to the leftof the gate is surmounted by the public promenade of thePincian hill. Adjoining the gate is the church called S. Maria delPopolo founded, according to popular tradition, by PopePascal 11 in the year 1099, to deliver the people from thelioclurnal phantoms attributed by the vulgar to Nero whowas buried on the Pincian hill in the tomb of his family. This church was rebuilt under Sixtus IV j AgostinoChigi and others, at the close of the XV and beginning ofthe- XVi century 5 vied with each other in decorating itwith monuments which render it one of the most inte-resting of the First day. 3 In ihe first chapel to the right on entering are paint-ings hy Pinturicchio. The second, containing tlie tomb ofcardinal Cibo was built in the form of a greek cross, butthis was changed into a latin cross by the addition of thevestibule. It is adorned by sixteen columns of the corin-thian order with slabs of verde and nero antico, violetmarble and alabaster. The painting on the left representsthe martyrdom of S. Laurence by Morandi, and that onthe right S. Catherine, by Daniel. The painting over thealtar is by Carlo Maratta. The third chapel, dedicated bySixtus IV to the B. Virgin and all the Saints , was paintedby Pinturicchio. The tombs by Sansovino are the best sample of scul-pture existing at Rome after the revival of the art. In thechapel on the right of the altar is a painting of AnnibalCaracci representing the Assumption. The chapel, dedicated to the Madonna di Loreto ,and belonging to the Chigi family, was built and
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