The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-12-04
From the Catholic World for December.l
A visit 70 soubiaoo.

yxey.,ars. Zone at p. M. to avoid the
es.sN. <.lxs .fter a drive of three and half
Assass cess-A Tiyoh, Wnere we II ase fr"n,
TiSaI. We get off early, SO as to reach
.cnnh;nce by IL A. N. The road runs the
ryi,e,e way along the banks OF the RIVER
rne and through as.anca soun Tiyoli
- cou,e upon several arches or the old
sElaudiap aqueduct, with square tower
snsyered with ivy. A little beyond has been
s,laeea an inscription, only some Yeas M ago
Nassus. preslect Of the Fabri (chiet- engineer
r. Garbage. Under Marcus Silanus, the
F.SAer-iu-iav of Caligula, whose name Is
n. often mentioned by Tacitus. Ire TOMB
OF Bassus is supposed to nave s1ooo near
We mass the town of Castel Madame, ana
A,I,n after the ruined medieval fortress OF
SEaeco Muro, both perched on hlgn peaks
ZEE are all the old towns of the Mladle ages
Eieeyara the ancient Varia, comes next
.-ar,sm miles from Tivol. It's ancient walls
.r1ns tseen as we pass, formed OF huge oiocks
20 t.avertine, some of which measure one
S,-.oAred and sixty cubic feet NlcoVara
1Gef Of the Bolognetti family, and has
ri large palace of that name.
About mile from this is the church and
a-oox,ant of San Cosimato, built on q plateau
sc sand between the river arm" u,,n une
Nsydella. occupying the site of the " Man
Eala1, of Horace, of which nothing remains
60 some fragments of mosaic pavement
vTf.s names of all the places In cue ne,su
&a-S,ood still.preserve record OF the classic
sEs,laS some very ancient tombs have
$500 found near here, containing humai
Fsoues, knives, arrow heads, etc, oeiohsin'
IA n time earlier than that OF home.
A{,out ten miles from IlVon, perc.e'
sit.e nm eagles nest upon high conlca
-ecI twenty-fiye hundred feet above Tn
Z Tiver. is a town called Saracihesco,
1ounded by colony of Saracens AFTER tne,
Many Of the Inhabitants preserve the
Arabic names and wear most picturesqu
An along this fine road are wild howe we,
al every shade and hue, ninng Sao q" home,
Gnrrance; white and pink roses, none.
.@1TkIe. great trees of privet. yellow swe'
- and broom; and every field is crimse
aEftl, wild peoples, as is the case an ov
Italy. Between the mountains ms, ar ror; 10,
-rejjexs. with vineyards and every varle'
.aT frSit tres, and sometimes TO the Vel
.ssanntain-tops are patches OF wheaI al
-e-n hemp. and several kinds or gra
secular to this part of the country, q;
erost forests of olive and chestnuI ~
Iii bloom. In the midst of the fields I
ssusole population were ut WORK -Ine
were no beggars to be seen; the WON
and children we're working With tue ,hs
stad the babies lay graded mnuer e"e S D,
suf the trees or sleeping on hVSie oeu' "-''
en- sfrash leaves cl;,
Segoral miles before reaching Scuba
,xye descended to drink OF the icy coia wa
IF chs springs called LA Sivene," wal
gsarst from the base of the monntaini H.;
siica at the time OF our WISH o S'i the g
not hjflerto supplied with water-one
sa1e gpsaa works of Pig Mono ana WI
arss to have been called by his name.
And aew we come to Soa6laco, "n s.,a,
erallea Ssblnqueum, from the three ar,i !. y
s,sses Cd the Villa of Nero, below whic
- bnih. The situation is remarka
s5.aagt;5ui. It lies embosomed in mounta
v.xtL tlle falls of the river below ana