. Guide to Italy and Sicily. were onceoccupied by Charles v. Pius vi andPius vn also used them. From thebalcony there is a beautiful viewover the valley of the Greve. At the SPEZERiAof the monasteryChartreuse can be purchased. Bellosguardo and Monte Oliveto. —Outside the walls, from the PortaRomana to the Porta S. Frediano,extends the Viale Petrarca. Toreach Bellosguardo we leave Flor-ence by the Porta Romana, andfollow the Via di Casone. whichleads to the Church of S. Francescodi Paola. To the S. of the church lies thehill of Bellosguardo, from whichthere is a good view of Florenceand the val
. Guide to Italy and Sicily. were onceoccupied by Charles v. Pius vi andPius vn also used them. From thebalcony there is a beautiful viewover the valley of the Greve. At the SPEZERiAof the monasteryChartreuse can be purchased. Bellosguardo and Monte Oliveto. —Outside the walls, from the PortaRomana to the Porta S. Frediano,extends the Viale Petrarca. Toreach Bellosguardo we leave Flor-ence by the Porta Romana, andfollow the Via di Casone. whichleads to the Church of S. Francescodi Paola. To the S. of the church lies thehill of Bellosguardo, from whichthere is a good view of Florenceand the valley of the Arno. Nearthe top of the hill are the VillaCastellani; the Villa Zannetti,where Garibaldi once lived; theVilla Zoubon (higher up), for six-teen years the home of Galileo, andat one time the residence of UgoFoscolo ; and the Villa Michelozzo,with a lofty tower, built by Michel-ozzo. We retrace our steps for a littleway, and then take the Via delMonte Oliveto, which soon leads usto the Monastery of Monte Oliveto,. To face page 102. GUIDE TO ITALY Florence—Fiesole 109 now used as a military the choir of the church is theEntrance to Jerusalem, by Santi diTito. From a cypress - crownedhillock to the W. of the monasterythere is to be seen another beautifulview of Florence and the valley ofthe Arno. S. Domenico and Fiesole. — Fiesole lies to the N. of Florence,about 3 m. from the Porta diSan Gallo. The least pleasant wayto get there is by the tram thatstarts from the Piazza of S. the active traveller it is best towalk to Fiesole by the followingroute:— From the Porta San Gallo by theVia Regina Victoria to the Piazzadelle Cure. Cross the Piazza, andtake the Via Boccaccio, which fol-lows the left bank of the walking for nearly a mile,pass on the rt. the Villa Palmieri,once known as the Villa is asserted that this is the palacedescribed in the Decameron, in theprologue to the third day. HereQueen Victoria resided in 188
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