Italian castles and country seats . Racconigi thatthe little Prince of Piedmont was born, and it occu-pies with the Royal Family of Italy a similar placeto that of Sandringham with Queen Alexandra ofEngland. But to return to Ostia. The town lost its impor-tance when Pope Paul V reopened the right armof the Tiber at Porto in 1612. Under Leo IV theSaracens in 847 sustained a signal defeat here, whichRaphael has represented in his wonderful Stanze inthe Vatican. After going over the castle of the war-like Julius, we went on to see the ruins of theancient city. The colonnaded court, what was oncet
Italian castles and country seats . Racconigi thatthe little Prince of Piedmont was born, and it occu-pies with the Royal Family of Italy a similar placeto that of Sandringham with Queen Alexandra ofEngland. But to return to Ostia. The town lost its impor-tance when Pope Paul V reopened the right armof the Tiber at Porto in 1612. Under Leo IV theSaracens in 847 sustained a signal defeat here, whichRaphael has represented in his wonderful Stanze inthe Vatican. After going over the castle of the war-like Julius, we went on to see the ruins of theancient city. The colonnaded court, what was oncethe Forum, the substructure of a temple, are allinteresting, but most picturesque is the well-preservedand fine ancient street, with rows of pillars on eachside, which leads to a handsome and conspicuoustemple, the only edifice of ancient Ostia that remainedunburied throughout the Middle Ages. ^ King of Sardinia, father of Victor Emmanuel II.[456] -9 t,;,^ /, ?-. ^ ^. v^ ..171 THE PRINCE OF PIEDMONT, PRINCESSESJOLANDA AND MAFALDA. THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING VICTOREMMANUEL III AND QUEEN ELENA AND COUNTRY SEATS To-night we had a very jolly dinner. F. B. hadasked Dr. Shearer, and I had invited a number ofother friends, Prince Bartolomeo RuspoK, the Duke ofRivera, who has offered us kindly assistance in ourjourneys in the Abruzzi Mountains, where he hascastles, and a charming and celebrated young Ital-ian author, Signor Diego Angeli. Signor Angeli isone of the most cultured of Italian literati, and Ihave enjoyed my talks with him so much this B., too, has appreciated his company, as he speaksdelightful English. I was not quite so conspicuousas you might think, as the one woman of this circleof men, but the dinner was hastily arranged, and therewas not time for me to make up a table any case this sort of dinner is often given by thehostesses of Rome, and I enjoyed the conversation ofthese clever men very much. T. 457] ITALIAN CASTLES Naples, April My dear M: ONCE
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