Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . VIA SAN LUCA, GENOA. OF THE GENOA. 123. BEFORE THE CONFESSIONAL IN SAN LORENZO. somely paved, and has a fountain in the middle, round which orange-trees and oleandersare planted. From hence the main staircase leads up to the reception-rooms ; thebanisters are of gilt bronze, and there is generally a huge hanging lamp, which is lighted R 2 I24 ITALY. at dusk. The state rooms are magnificent, with folding doors of the costliest woods,and their walls hung with masterpieces of art. A festa in these halls, when they are filledby crowds of the beautiful Genoese la
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . VIA SAN LUCA, GENOA. OF THE GENOA. 123. BEFORE THE CONFESSIONAL IN SAN LORENZO. somely paved, and has a fountain in the middle, round which orange-trees and oleandersare planted. From hence the main staircase leads up to the reception-rooms ; thebanisters are of gilt bronze, and there is generally a huge hanging lamp, which is lighted R 2 I24 ITALY. at dusk. The state rooms are magnificent, with folding doors of the costliest woods,and their walls hung with masterpieces of art. A festa in these halls, when they are filledby crowds of the beautiful Genoese ladies, with the eloquent fan in their hands, the goldarrow in their hair, and whole love-stories in their dark eyes, must be an enchantingspectacle. The building whose entrance is guarded by two stone lions, is the University, thecourt-yard of which is reckoned one of the finest in Genoa. It was formerly the College ofthe Jesuits, and was built almost entirely by a member of the Order, who belonged to therich and noble Genoese family of Balbi. Here comes a swarm of studen
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