Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . There is indeed a noble fcene of antiquities all about thisCampo Vaccino, which was itfelf the old Via Sacra, mentiondby Horace [3am forte Via Sacra, &c] Part of the back ofthe old Capitol is at one end, and the arch of Septimius Se-verusjuft below that: all thefe la ft mentiond temples (be-ginning with that of Saturn) are on each fide of it; the archof Titus at the other end: juft by that is the Palatime Mount,with the remains of feveral palaces which were in the neigh-bourhood of the pa
Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . There is indeed a noble fcene of antiquities all about thisCampo Vaccino, which was itfelf the old Via Sacra, mentiondby Horace [3am forte Via Sacra, &c] Part of the back ofthe old Capitol is at one end, and the arch of Septimius Se-verusjuft below that: all thefe la ft mentiond temples (be-ginning with that of Saturn) are on each fide of it; the archof Titus at the other end: juft by that is the Palatime Mount,with the remains of feveral palaces which were in the neigh-bourhood of the palace of the Augufti : a very little waybeyond the arch of Titus is the arch of Conftantine on onehand, and the amphitheatre of Vefpafian on the other; allthefe lying very near together. The Temple of Minerva (tho now a chriftian church) has Temple ofnot quite loft its old name. The church is raisd upon theMin,rvaruins of the temple, and is now calld S. Maria fopra Miner-va. In this church is an admirable ftatue of our Saviour inwhite marble, by Mich. Angelo and juft within one of the L 1 gates 258. MinervaMedica.
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