Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . le was the famous tomb of Lars Porsenna himselfat Clusium, of which so extraordinary and probablyfabulous an account is given, with its labyrinthwithin the mass of the building, surmounted by fivelofty towers, covered with a bronze roof, from whicharose one, if not two or more stories of spires tower-ing aloft to an incredible height, and furnished witha vast peal of bells. One of the most singularmonuments of this description now extant is situatedat about a couple of miles from Ponte Labadia, nearthe road by which we returned to Corneto. It iscall
Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . le was the famous tomb of Lars Porsenna himselfat Clusium, of which so extraordinary and probablyfabulous an account is given, with its labyrinthwithin the mass of the building, surmounted by fivelofty towers, covered with a bronze roof, from whicharose one, if not two or more stories of spires tower-ing aloft to an incredible height, and furnished witha vast peal of bells. One of the most singularmonuments of this description now extant is situatedat about a couple of miles from Ponte Labadia, nearthe road by which we returned to Corneto. It iscalled the Cucumella, and consists of a great moundof earth which, on being opened, was found to con-tain the remains of a square tower and round tower,which had formerly risen high above the earthencone which embanked them, and at the bottom ofwhich had been the sepulchral chambers, wherethere were doors which had communicated withthe ancient entrance of the mound. All aroundwere the remains of a massive circle of masonry, J 3u:i C^//.//:/>.
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