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which, until 1859, belonged to the
Pope, contains over Loo, 600 inhabi-
tants and over 100 Churches II
was founded by the Etruscans (nod-
ern name Truscans) more than nine
centuries before the Christian era.
In addition to the 100 churches, it
had, until recently, 20 monasteries,
where several hundred mendicant
monks, living at the expense of the
community, idly droned their lives
away. The city is surrounded by a
high brick wall, erected centuries
before gunpowder was invented, and
it looks as if it would afford but
slight protection against modern at
tillery. The city is built exclusively
of brick; red brick walls and red
tile roofs impart very red complex
ion to it. Its military reputation
was earned during the war of the
Guelphs and Ghibellinse, in fighting
its Modena neighbor, who was Ghib-
elline in politics. But considerable
of the renown of Bologna is founded
on its sausages, which have a world
wide reputation; and next to its
sausages in merit are its paintings.
In this art Bologna ranks as the
fourth city of Italy-Rome, Flor
ence and Venice only excellingit.
THE SCHOOL OF BOLOGNA"
occupies a prominent place. 1t pro-
duced such renowned names as Ca
racci, Alboni, Domenichlno. and
Guido, who are reckoned among the
great Italian masters. The tourist
with a taste for paintings, can spend
a few days to good purpose in study
ing the immense collection in the
g Academy of Arts"
One object I had in visiting Bo-
logns was to see Raphael's s'St ce-
celia IN Ecstasy on hearing the
Heavenly Music Of the Angels, and |
surrounded by st. Paul, st. John the |
Evangelist, st. Augustine, and St.
Mary Magdalene." st. Cecilia is |
represented with g portable organ,
held with both hands carelessly |
lropped-''the head turned up to |
aeayen, with pensive countenance, |
having an expression of exalted feel |
ng," ETC.; the other figures on the
'anyass are all in rapt, devotional at
i5udes. The drapery, coloring and /
lrawing are purely Raphaelan. and
he painting is undoubtedly of great
merit. But was not impressed with
to the degree anticipated, which | |
.scribed to lack of appreciation of
high arts" Several other pictures
~ other artists pleased me more, es-
Seclally ,9 two or three by Guido, viz:
ihe Victory of Sampson, the Cruel
lxlon and the Madonna della Pieta
so called from the Virgin weeping
Iver the dead body of the Savior
The Communion of St. Jerome. bv
Jaracci, which was carried off by
he French, and recovered after the
lattle of Waterloo; the Martyrdom
# st. Agnes, by Domenichino, and
he Baptism of Christ, with the AL
mighty in the Heavens surrounded
y Angels, are all pictures of great
Dower. The French invaders, under
3onaparte, made heavy raid on
he Bologna picture galleries, and
everal of the chefs d'ouvres were
lever recovered, having passed into
private hands, and were secreted
When the French were required to
estore their stolen treasures of art.
The Oldest college in Italy is the
UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA,
t is the first in which academical
legrees were conferred. It was
ounded in Il19 by lawyer named
rnerius, who introduced the Jus
inian Code in the State. For two
" three centuries it was the chief
aw school in Europe, and students
locked to it from all parts by the
thousand. In the thirteenth centu-
y, Faculties of Medicine and the
Arts were added to it; and little
ater, Innocent VI instituted q The
'hgical Faculty. 1t was the Arst |.