Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-06
eesToRATloks IN ITALY.
The Mania for Clearing Out Old Parts Of
Famous Towns Fierce Opposition.

The Mania for Clearing Out Old Parts Of
Famous Towns-Fierce Opposition.
The preservation Of the antique char
acter Of the Italian cities seems TO be
of So much less importance to their
inhabitants ibln 10 outsiders that il
is highly problble that, if the munich
palities only we're TO be consulted, the
limits of rc ovation would be the
ability 10 r. lSe money. The power
exescised b the archaeological au-
thorities Is applied with as much
energy as discretion, and it is
quite suil lent for the ministry
10 be informed by any responsible
person tat monument Is threat
ened 10 lave an inspector of antiqui-
ties sent "a examine the case and stop
any injury 10 H. Ia this way the
securing 81 the sculpture on the Du-
ONO Of Florence was stopped on the
warning of Tho CoruhilI Magazine,
10 the intense indignation OF the bour-
geois, who hoped To see the whole ex-
terror OF the church as bright aS a
bride cake ! was able in this way to
stop the destruction Of the quadrivium
of Giovanni Pisanp al Rieti. which
was in the way of widening a street,
and to stop the renovation Of the pull.
pit of Donatel.p nj PIaio. which was
already in the hands OF the scraper.
The large cities have been for the
last few years in fever of sventra-
mento. opening up-and certainly in
some cases il is not only justiGable.
but demanded by the most imperious
sanitary considerations. In Naples,
for instance. il can hardly be carried
too far, as in the architecture of that
city there is almost nothing worth
preserving; but the fever has spread
TO Venice and Florence, where i'm
mense injury might be caused by the
operations Of a modern engineer.
The plans in Venice include broad
streetfrum the railway station to the Pi-
azza S. Marco, aud the demolition Of all
the picturesque Riva from the Rlva del
Schiavoni 10 the public gardens, and the
construction of fine modern buildings
along the whole line. The latter part
Of the project brought the whole body
Of artists, Italian and foreign, up In
protest, and, as without its artistic at
fractions Venice would be in more
miserable state than il is now, the
clamor raised in behalf of this rem
nant of the old Venice which furnishe.
nalI the pictures panied there, stopped
the measure in the council after il
had gone through the giunta, or grand
committee; but the other, for the wide
street, pas,td without serious opposi-
ton.
IL will IT, n satisfaction 10 us 10
know that t.e government refuses its
cOusent ipl..Ds iuIsiOu on the unique
character or G.r city. Venice needs
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