. Italy: handbook for travellers. First Part (Northern Italy) . ornate ap-pearance. If time is limited, a glimpse at the interesting buildingsmay be obtained in an hour, by walking through the Corso to thePiazza de Signori, and thence to the Contrada Porto. The town is entered by the VV. gate (near the entrance thePalazzo Ousano, now Hotel de la Ville ); in the Piazza to the r. isthe Casa del Diiirolo, a large unfinished palace by Palladio; thetraveller then follows the long Corso Principe Umberto. On the new church of S. Filippo Neri (PI. 16). The short Contrada del Monte (opposite whic
. Italy: handbook for travellers. First Part (Northern Italy) . ornate ap-pearance. If time is limited, a glimpse at the interesting buildingsmay be obtained in an hour, by walking through the Corso to thePiazza de Signori, and thence to the Contrada Porto. The town is entered by the VV. gate (near the entrance thePalazzo Ousano, now Hotel de la Ville ); in the Piazza to the r. isthe Casa del Diiirolo, a large unfinished palace by Palladio; thetraveller then follows the long Corso Principe Umberto. On the new church of S. Filippo Neri (PI. 16). The short Contrada del Monte (opposite which is the ContradaPorto with numerous palaces, some in the Venetian and others inPalladios style) to the r. leads from the Corso to the liandsomePiazza de Signori. with two columns of the Venetian period. Hererises the *Palazzo del (onsiglio, or Basilica (PI. 40), with a doubleseries of grand and beautiful open arcades, the lower with Doric,the upper with Ionic columns, surrounding the Palazzo deltaRagione ^town-hallj. These arcades, be^un in 1549 , are one of.
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