Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . JiROCCOLI-SELLERS IN 01 THE I; ;n ;r: T/ JjjfflH A WORD ABOUT CICERONI. Roman Days. Listen. A glaring- ugliness that makes ones eyes ache. Fivenaves ( ships as the Germans call them, preserving the metaphor in their own language)and no captain. Dishonourable falsifications in the execution. In Santa Maria Maggiore, original Christianity seems to have a stronghold. Thischurch gives an impression of solidity, almost like a mediaeval fortress with tower andbattlements. The atmosphere here smells less of dogmatic incense than of the real odourof
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . JiROCCOLI-SELLERS IN 01 THE I; ;n ;r: T/ JjjfflH A WORD ABOUT CICERONI. Roman Days. Listen. A glaring- ugliness that makes ones eyes ache. Fivenaves ( ships as the Germans call them, preserving the metaphor in their own language)and no captain. Dishonourable falsifications in the execution. In Santa Maria Maggiore, original Christianity seems to have a stronghold. Thischurch gives an impression of solidity, almost like a mediaeval fortress with tower andbattlements. The atmosphere here smells less of dogmatic incense than of the real odourof sanctity. The tone of colouring in the interior is religious and historical. But alas,the saint has not been able to prevent architectural frivolity from tacking on all kinds ofmundane frippery to her sober vestments. San Lorenzo fuori le Mura was truly onceupon a time a splendid basilica. Even now it seems to cling painfully to the past. Butit may be compared to a nut with a gilded shell, which has been preserved from Christmasto Christmas, but whose sweet kernel
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