Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1872-05-11
LET cEIsS FgoM ARROAn.

S4,AOOO00 spent upon 1t. The oGtagOn room
is covered with dome, in which is fine fres
Goes, comparatively modern, by Benveunui
The walls are OF different cJlored marbles, so
highly polished that by looking into them we
can see the pictures almost as plainly as when
looking directly above us. ArmOrial bearings
of sixteen Tuscan towns are set into the walls,
their figures in mosaic work Of half precious
stones, l. c. lapis lazui, verde anIico, rosso an
tico. Six huge sarcophagi contain the ashes
Of six OF the Medici, above which are large
statues Of them set in great inches; each OF
these occupies one OF the eight sides Of the
others, one IS covered by curtain of tapestry,
the other is a small empty chapel On these
marble snrcOphagi rests marble cushions, set
with precious stones, aud crown of gold
above each Of the six. Bat the New Sacristy
close by, though plain indeed, is of more in
terest, "a containing the chef d Rucre of Mich
acl Angelo. They are three tombs of the Me-
dci family. That of Giuliano dc Mcdici has
two figures reclining upon the sarcophagi, the
male figure (unfnished) is "Day," and the fu-
male, Night a piece that is greatly admired.
Above, is the Duke, in a sitting posture. The
figure of Lorenzo, the grandson of Lorenzo
the Magnidcent, is very fiuc; lie sits resting
his head upon his hand, in deep thought. The
tomb Of Ferdinand H. had u beautiful Ma
donna and child unfinished.
| Back Of the Pitli Palace are the Soyercign's
| private grounds-called the Boboli Gardens,
open now to the public only on Sundays be.
fore 3, p. M, and also Thursdays, to those
who take the trouble to get permit; a pity,
indeed, that they cannot be enjoyed by every
! body nll the week, they are so seldom used by
the King and would make the people so hap
py. Such exquisite views, and long, narrow
yistas, through carefully trimmed eycrgreens,
revealing bit of Lluc sky and mountain
side at the end; standing on the same spot,
looking along another straight path, is II foun-
tain AT the foot Of the hill climbing to the
! top Of the hill, at the extreme end of the
grounds, is fort and from the pretty flower.
garden below, is an uninterrupted view of
! Florence and the olyccoyered slopes on the
south, with fine villas scattered here and
| there, or the mountains further on. Florence
| looks large and extensive from this point and,
as always, beautiful. Leaving the garden. We
walked up n few steps to the Museum of Nat
mails, acquatics, minerals, and several rooms
devoted to anatomical specimens of human
bodies in wax-a good place to study physi-
ology.
Our weather has suddenly changed so that
| could not take my sunset view from our
house-top tonight. When fine weather,
Monte Olivcto looms up between the sun and
my standing point, and the cypress trees that
crown the top, are most beautiful on the rich,
golden background The mount is SO called
! from its resemblance to the olive covered
slope near Jeresacm This is a country OF
olives and expresses, and from fall and win
ter observation, these seem decidedly to pre-
dominate, rs the leaves of the olive keep their
gay grceness all through the cold season, and
the TALL graceful evergreens, their slender tops,
swaying with every breeze, refresh the eye
when no other green thing is to be seen. But
there il q tinge of sadness about them, as they
are always found in burial places and ON lone
| ly convent heights Near Monte Oiyeto,
southwest Of the city, stands Bclo Squardo--
| the hill on which Aurora Leigh lived Mrs
! Browuing's house, am sorry To say, is no
more, bui over the door Of the house erected
on the same site, near the Pitt palace, Is II
marble with the inscription in Italian: Here
wrote and died Elizabeth Barrett Browning,
that in woman's heart united the knowledge
Of SdCaat and the genius Of poet, and form.
ed golden link between England and Italy
Grateful Florence places here this memorial,
1861" MuT.
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