Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . OF THE university of Illinois FLORENCE. 159 front of the Uffizi, the buildings of which enclose a narrow oblong space opening, at itsupper end, on to the Piazza della Signoria. Outside the arcade, which extends along thewhole length of the ground floor, are niches at regular intervals, and in these niches standmarble statues of the most famous Tuscans. Here are Andrea Orcagna, Nicolo Pisano,Giotto, Donatello, Leon Battista Alberti, Lionardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Dante,Petrarch, Boccaccio, Ferrucci, Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Amerigo Vespucci, Galileo,. F
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . OF THE university of Illinois FLORENCE. 159 front of the Uffizi, the buildings of which enclose a narrow oblong space opening, at itsupper end, on to the Piazza della Signoria. Outside the arcade, which extends along thewhole length of the ground floor, are niches at regular intervals, and in these niches standmarble statues of the most famous Tuscans. Here are Andrea Orcagna, Nicolo Pisano,Giotto, Donatello, Leon Battista Alberti, Lionardo da Vinci, Michael Angelo, Dante,Petrarch, Boccaccio, Ferrucci, Machiavelli, Guicciardini, Amerigo Vespucci, Galileo,. FOUNTAIN OF NEPTUNE IN THE PIAZZA DELLA SIGNORIA. Benvenuto Cellini, Cosmo the First, Lorenzo the Magnificent, and many others ; truly aseries of names for any country to be proud of! Passing by these we reach the Piazzadella Signoria, where, in close proximity to the mighty mass of the Palazzo Vecchio,stands the beautiful Loggia dei Lanzi. The Piazza is moreover adorned with numerousstatues and monuments, and the great fountain of Neptune, where marble sea-horses, andlistlessly reclining marine goddesses, fling showers of silvery water at each other in sport. Many tragical and cruel reminiscences are connected with this Piazza, and with thegreat pile that stands here—the Palazzo Vecchio. First came the fierce and ruthlessstruggle between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, which endured for centuries : for, asDante says, the commonwealth of Florence was like a sick man who restlessly changeshis posture without ever finding ease or rest. But out of these times of conflict grew upthe bo
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