Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . y-. /. Ti<c/u-it PROTESTANT CEMETERY. F. F. Tuckett TIBER ISLAND Walks in Rome 179 new road lined with the popular false rockwork leads past thetemple to a hideous bridge, and beyond the river rise card-boardbox-like buildings—utterly abominable. The prospects, where everyturn was formerly a poem and picture, backed by huge gas-worksand lined by modern quays, are now revolting. Close to this—and overhanging what was till recently a littlehollow lane—stands the grey little Temple of Fortuna, commonlycalled Fortuna Virilis, built origin
Walks in Rome (including Tivoli, Frascati, and Albano) . y-. /. Ti<c/u-it PROTESTANT CEMETERY. F. F. Tuckett TIBER ISLAND Walks in Rome 179 new road lined with the popular false rockwork leads past thetemple to a hideous bridge, and beyond the river rise card-boardbox-like buildings—utterly abominable. The prospects, where everyturn was formerly a poem and picture, backed by huge gas-worksand lined by modern quays, are now revolting. Close to this—and overhanging what was till recently a littlehollow lane—stands the grey little Temple of Fortuna, commonlycalled Fortuna Virilis, built originally by Seivius Tullius, butrebuilt during the republic; and if the existing structure is reallyrepublican, it is the most perfect pre-Augustan temple remainingin Rome. It stands on a stylobate of travertine, surrounded byIonic pilasters in the style of construction which Vitruvius stigma-tises under the name of pseudo-peripteral, but with a pro-styleportico with engaged columns along the sides, 28 feet high, coatedonce with hard stucco, and supporting a fragmentary entablatureadorned w
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