A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity : recently executed from drawings made upon the spot . ^ %. THE HERMITAGE OF ALBANO. W E must place this romantic hermitage among the many picturesquescenes, which occur to us in the charming vicinity of Albano. It is builton a rock, amid the ruins of some antique monument: and by its situa-tion ; the contrast which it presents of modern with ancient architecture ;the staircase which leads to its chapel, and the vines which, with theirbranches and clusters, hang round it on all sides, it is rendered anobject of curiosity and admir
A select collection of views and ruins in Rome and its vicinity : recently executed from drawings made upon the spot . ^ %. THE HERMITAGE OF ALBANO. W E must place this romantic hermitage among the many picturesquescenes, which occur to us in the charming vicinity of Albano. It is builton a rock, amid the ruins of some antique monument: and by its situa-tion ; the contrast which it presents of modern with ancient architecture ;the staircase which leads to its chapel, and the vines which, with theirbranches and clusters, hang round it on all sides, it is rendered anobject of curiosity and admiration to every eye of taste : no artist canpass by it without enriching his portfolio with a sketch of it. HERMITAGE DALBANO. v7N peut placer cet hermitage romanesque parmi les scènes nom-breuses et pittoresques, que lon rencontre en parcourant les charmantsenvirons dAlbano. Il est bâti sur des rochers dans les ruines de quel-que monument : le contraste de lancienne construction avec la moderne,sa situation, lescalier qui conduit à la chapelle, les vignes et les pampresqui pendent autour de tous côtés, en ont fai
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