Italy: handbook for travellersFirst Part, Northern Italy . MODENA. 40. Route. 273 Mustapha after the raising of the siege of the Vienna; thelivre dheures (prayer-book) of Henry II.; a Dante writtenby Petrarch in 1370; the frescoes of Correggio at S. Gio-vanni etc. The custodian of the picture-gallery also has the key of thedilapidated Teatro Farnese (PI. 30), erected in -1618—28 byDuke Ranuccio Farnese. The (formerly) ducal Printing-office[Tipografia, PI. 28), founded in 1766 by Bodoni and noted forthe admirable editions issued hence, merits a visit. Quitting the museum and crossing the small
Italy: handbook for travellersFirst Part, Northern Italy . MODENA. 40. Route. 273 Mustapha after the raising of the siege of the Vienna; thelivre dheures (prayer-book) of Henry II.; a Dante writtenby Petrarch in 1370; the frescoes of Correggio at S. Gio-vanni etc. The custodian of the picture-gallery also has the key of thedilapidated Teatro Farnese (PI. 30), erected in -1618—28 byDuke Ranuccio Farnese. The (formerly) ducal Printing-office[Tipografia, PI. 28), founded in 1766 by Bodoni and noted forthe admirable editions issued hence, merits a visit. Quitting the museum and crossing the small river Parma bythe Ponte Verde, the stranger soon reaches the (formerly) DucalGarden, at the N. extremity of which is situated the *Palazzodel Giardino (PI. 19), erected by Ottavio Farnese, and adornedwith numerous frescoes. One of the apartments contains theRape of Europa, the Triumph of Venus, the Marriage of Peleusand Thetis etc., by Agostino Caracci. The garden adjoins the Stradone, a promenade encircling thetown and laid out on the site of the form
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