The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-02
More Ancient Treasures Discovered at
Rome

The new part of the Via National,
leads from the Via Quattro FontanC
along the Quirinal down the hill, where
there will be view of the column and
forum Of Trajan, past the medieval
tower Of the Colonna family, and neal
there makes Tight-angle on its way tC
the Corso The first part j. siXty-siX
feet wide Tie contract for the new op'
'erations has been given to a private per
son, who Is prosecuting them with q
ceierity unprecedented here. Old pal
aces are cut away; time honOred gardens
hitherto guarded sy jealous walls, ex-
poscd to the gaze Of all; and under
ground treasures discovered, with an
expedition which is marvellous TO the
Romans.
On the eastern side of the Rospigliosi
garden several rooms and corridors were
found which Termed part Of the center
of the baths of Constantine. They had
been greatly injured by various fires
One Of the rooms had pavement of
colored marbles, which has been removed
to the Capiloline museum. Upon this
pavement lsy the trunk of n dSIumn of
African marble, the diameter of which
was little more than three feet. I'm
der the palace of Cardinal Antonelli, on
the Quirnal, which has been partly cut
away to make room for the new street,
has been found one of the ancient gate
wavs of the wall of Seryius Tullius,
called the Porta Fontanale. The classic
writers mention four city gates on the
Ouirinal. and the arch8ologists of the
CITY think this is one of them. \ part
of the ancient city wall has also been
discovered in connection with the gate
way. Tne massive stones of the wall OF
Seryius Tullius may be seen at various
points in the city, as at the railway sta
tions near the Porta SAHARA, under the
church OF ST. Clement, etc. There is
some difference Of opinion among archie
ologists, as there always is at first, as
to whether or not this is the real POrta
Fontinale, but those persons who doubted
sre now gradually yielding to the opin-
ION that it is the ancient gateway of the
city at last returned to the light of
The beautiful garden Of the Palazzo
AIdibrandini has also been opened, and
tI,e hill cut away. On its eastern side
was discovered an entirely unknown ed
ificA of the second century, constructed
in the best manner, which seemed TO have
been incorporated by Constantine in the
circuit of his baths. A wall ornamented
with large inches, which constitutes the
western front of the fabric, seems TO have
- added by him'when it was included
;s<iris baths. Here was found lime
"A sace eighteen feet in diameter, full of
ss;.>Ioents of sculptnred marble entirely
~ "a by the fire. 1t was thus that the
AZ sndan<R of Ele.ancient Romans dis
NJ IA 0f to extraDrdinary quantity OF
4, with Mhickf their ancestors had
- uaI Al n lIfe saLrHperial City ,;Rad
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A .}'d. 1iief 11las lime of ~ and 90
= <. mon w the practice that il became
4 Hs6l,lar <busi i&ss, and some took the
= 8 II ~ e alcarens, or burners of lime.
u X15mmendatofe Rosa, as superintend-
"A "a the excavations of the province,
"a, MATED the piazza in front Of the Pans
tfIbn to a depth of five or six feet, and
md the ancient pavement of large Hat
stones. also two sculptured tablets when
were discovered to be the originals OF two
others which form part of the front ol
the building. He proposed to reduce the
piazza TO its original level, and show the
Pantheon in its primitive form with
stems before it. But the four arc9oio--
gists of the city commission combined
AGAINST him and said that the work was
useless. and that he had discovered moth
ing which was not already known The
citv council, therefore, as the business
in the streets was greatly interrupted
ordered the ancient pavement 10 be Gov
cred up again. ia digging a sewer few
weeks ago this pavement was laid open
again. but the stones, which were iald IN
a particular manner, were replaced with
the same design as before. The streets
surrounding the Pantheon are so iull oil
old underground walls, forgotten stone
stair-cases, ancient sewers, pavementsl
SCULPTURES, statues and columns that the
necessary work for sewers, gas ana water
is one of immense labor. The worSmen
labor for hours with their pick axes on
small piece of wall without making per
ceptible progress, as the cement IS naroel
than the rock itself. Last week the IN
terror part of the statue of woman wa
found. and a column OF red granlu
broken in two parts and about eighteel
feet in length and three IN diameteI.-
Rome Cor. n. y. EUering Post.
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