. Castle St. Angelo ; and, The evil eye : being additional chapters to "Roba di Roma". that itis still a prison, and still a fortress, and well worthy to beseen from within as well as from without, not only for thesake of its interesting historical associations, but for themagnificent view which it commands. There, standingunder its porticoes, or leaning over the battlements that girdits lofty terrace, you may gaze along .the broad and variedplains of the Campagna, stretching far away until they meetthe purple mountains with their wandering shadows andopaline lights ; or look clown upon the ye
. Castle St. Angelo ; and, The evil eye : being additional chapters to "Roba di Roma". that itis still a prison, and still a fortress, and well worthy to beseen from within as well as from without, not only for thesake of its interesting historical associations, but for themagnificent view which it commands. There, standingunder its porticoes, or leaning over the battlements that girdits lofty terrace, you may gaze along .the broad and variedplains of the Campagna, stretching far away until they meetthe purple mountains with their wandering shadows andopaline lights ; or look clown upon the yellow-tiled roofs ofRome that lie before you, picturesque with tower, and dome,and portico, and palace ; or watch at your feet the yellowTiber swiftly hurrying through the arches of the statuedbridge, and swerving to the right as it shakes on its flashingcurrent the shadows of the houses on its margin—and museover the past. In the piazza over the bridge at your feetthe beautiful Beatrice Cenci was executed. The house atthe corner of the bridge, with its triple-arched and graceful. VIEW FROM BATTLEMENTS—INTERIOR OF CASTLE. 143 loggia, over the river, was the home of Bindo Altoviti, thefriend of Baffaelle, where Michel Angelo and BenvenutoCellini, and others, whose names are historic, once used tomeet and talk. Opposite is the opera, where rose the Tordi Nona, with its prison. On the south swells up against thesky the massive dome of St. Peters, with the wide embracingarms of Berninis Colonnade, that enclose the vast piazzawith its Egyptian obelisk and its waving fountains. Behindthem rise the buildings of the Vatican palace, with thestoried loggia of Eaffaelle, where still live the marble popula-tion of ancient Borne ; and beyond is Monte Mario, with itswrooded slopes and villas. Opposite, on the north, lie thePincian hill, and the Villa Medici, with its gardens andterraces ; then come the villa of Sallust, the Palazzo Bar-berini, and the Quirinal ; and still further round yo
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