Italy: handbook for travellers First Part, Northern Italy and Corsica . rated by a modern statue of Fortune on the public fountain. Itafterwards became a prosperous place, and was celebrated as thebirthplace of Vitruvius. It is now a pleasant little town, sur-rounded by ancient walls and a deep moat, and sometimes visitedas a watering-place (less expensive than Rimini). The principal attraction is the * Triumphal Arch of Augustus,originally a structure of very simple design, to which an addi-tional story was added in the 4th cent, when it was re-dedicatedto Constantine. Churches: ^Cathedral of
Italy: handbook for travellers First Part, Northern Italy and Corsica . rated by a modern statue of Fortune on the public fountain. Itafterwards became a prosperous place, and was celebrated as thebirthplace of Vitruvius. It is now a pleasant little town, sur-rounded by ancient walls and a deep moat, and sometimes visitedas a watering-place (less expensive than Rimini). The principal attraction is the * Triumphal Arch of Augustus,originally a structure of very simple design, to which an addi-tional story was added in the 4th cent, when it was re-dedicatedto Constantine. Churches: ^Cathedral of 8. Fortunato; in front of it are fourrecumbent lions which formerly supported the pillars of theportico. In the interior the chapel of S. Girolamo (2nd tothe 1.) contains a monument of the Rainalducci family; nearlyopposite (4th to the r.) is a chapel adorned with 16 frescoes byDomenichino, once excellent, now disfigured by restorations. Inthe chapel of the sacristy, a Madonna with two saints, by LodovicoCaracci. S. Maria Nuova possesses two fine paintings by Pietro. m
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