Italian castles and country seats . the three families, Hercolani,Malvezzi, and Aldrovandi, as having been, in 1483-5-8,Podestas of the city. It seems a rather interesting andstriking instance of long family connection and friend-ship, and I was fortunate in being able to get a photo-graph showing these three coats-of-arms, which I amsending back to Bologna to Countess Aldrovandi. This afternoon we are going to have tea with theCountess Bracceschi, and there are many things aboutPerugia that recall her ancestor, that shrewd and cour-ageous condottiere, Braccio of Montone, called Forte-braccio
Italian castles and country seats . the three families, Hercolani,Malvezzi, and Aldrovandi, as having been, in 1483-5-8,Podestas of the city. It seems a rather interesting andstriking instance of long family connection and friend-ship, and I was fortunate in being able to get a photo-graph showing these three coats-of-arms, which I amsending back to Bologna to Countess Aldrovandi. This afternoon we are going to have tea with theCountess Bracceschi, and there are many things aboutPerugia that recall her ancestor, that shrewd and cour-ageous condottiere, Braccio of Montone, called Forte-braccio (the strong arm). The family of the Countess has for many yearsowned much of the land in and about Perugia, and theparticular villa that the Countess is refitting for herown use is situated in the valley below the hill ofPerugia, not far from the village of Castel del villa is rather smaller than many that have be-longed to the Bracceschi estates, but the Countesshas given the more elaborate and larger country houses[326]. M bo o < -^ J CO AND COUNTRY SEATS of the family to her daughters as they have of them married a relative of the Princess Giova-nelli, one of the Serego Alighieri; another daughter, thatI wrote you about from Noventa, is Countess women of Countess Bracceschis age, I think,would have been so generous or have felt equal to therefitting, furnishing, and general repairing of one ofthese old seventeenth century villas in the country,for of course all the plumbing materials and all thenecessaries, which the Italians express with our Englishterm modern comfort, must be brought from thenearest large centre, which is Rome; but although theCountess is past sixty, with white hair, her figure islithe, her eyes are still bright, and she reminds me ofyou in her boundless energy, constant activity, andyouthful enthusiasms. Perhaps the famous condot-tiere in his fortitude and strength was not unlike yourHighland-Scotch Duncan soldiers. L
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