Etna : a history of the mountain and of its eruptions . ortableinns ready at any moment to receive and entertain theweary traveller. Aderno stands on the site, and has preserved thename, of the ancient Sikelian city of Adranum (Afyavov).According to Diodorus there existed here, from veryearly times, the temple of a local deity named city was founded by the elder Dionysius in ; it owed its importance to the renown of its temple,which was guarded by a thousand dogs. In 345 city fell into the hands of Timoleon, and it wastaken by the Romans at the commencement of the fi
Etna : a history of the mountain and of its eruptions . ortableinns ready at any moment to receive and entertain theweary traveller. Aderno stands on the site, and has preserved thename, of the ancient Sikelian city of Adranum (Afyavov).According to Diodorus there existed here, from veryearly times, the temple of a local deity named city was founded by the elder Dionysius in ; it owed its importance to the renown of its temple,which was guarded by a thousand dogs. In 345 city fell into the hands of Timoleon, and it wastaken by the Romans at the commencement of the firstPunic War. After this we cease to hear of it. Themodern town was founded by Roger I. in the 12thcentury. The fine Norman tower—now used as aprison—and the monastery, were both built by KingRoger. After leaving Aderno the base-road ascends, turnsnearly due north, and leads us past a number of lavastreams, notably those of 1610, 1603, and 1651. Agood view of Monte Minardo, and the minor cones inits more immediate neighbourhood, is obtained on the. THE UBMM BRONTE. 67 left, while on the right we see the Valley of the Simeto,and Centorbi high upon the hills. Nearly due west of the great crater is the town ofBronte, which is 2,782 feet above the sea, and has apopulation of more than 15,000. It is a very primitiveplace, and several centuries behind the age ; it remindedus forcibly, in one or two particulars, of Pompeii: thestreets are narrow and tortuous, and the roadway veryuneven. Awnings are sometimes hung across the streetfrom side to side to provide shade. The shops areexactly like those at Pompeii; and in the main streetwe noticed an open-air kitchen, to which the would-bediner repairs, purchases a plateful of food, and eatsit standing in the public way. The inn was evenworse than that of Aderno, and apparently had neverbefore received guests. We were offered one miserableroom, without a lock to the door, and unprovided witheither table or chair. Of course the bare idea
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