. Plain-towns of Italy : the cities of old Venetia. en-riched it .with his sculptures. What a vision is raised for us by the sound of thosethree names together; where else is there such a resid-ence, constructed in all three branches of art by theleading masters of its period.^ The fame of Villa Bar-baro soon resounded far and wide when it was finished,raising it at once to a chief place in the galaxy ofVenetian country-houses, celebrated by visiting artistsand literati, and the scene subsequently of many afete of the great world in the seventeenth and eight- ^ A third trip that should be take


. Plain-towns of Italy : the cities of old Venetia. en-riched it .with his sculptures. What a vision is raised for us by the sound of thosethree names together; where else is there such a resid-ence, constructed in all three branches of art by theleading masters of its period.^ The fame of Villa Bar-baro soon resounded far and wide when it was finished,raising it at once to a chief place in the galaxy ofVenetian country-houses, celebrated by visiting artistsand literati, and the scene subsequently of many afete of the great world in the seventeenth and eight- ^ A third trip that should be taken from Treviso, by travelers endowedwith time, is by rail up the valley of the Piave to Feltre and Belluno; ajourney of delightful scenery, which reaches its maximum at Belluno, uponits isolated lofty rock girdled by great mountain ranges. The city ispicturesque also in its winding medieval streets, shadowed by quaint oldhouses and dignified palaces of the Renaissance; it has a fine Titian, aCathedral by Palladio, and charming walks on all MASER. VILLA GIACOMELLI. CENTRAL PAVILION.


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