Telegram-herald., 1890-10-20
THE ETERNAL CITY
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traDght mitn 3 stor.eai nierest 81 r.ct
u All. ana - generally ce. eaifal -
Raac.
That Rome whleh NeF9 eslot
while Re locked on aua hadeai aa
8onle WhcA rose out u IS ashes. &.
ne az once. ana AZ the samc tme. ~
1'hplse ~ am. ard * Ihe cratltrs
Z the oola>eum. that Roue aca sae
anus sesag done 30 als aesth bs he
trusted friend Brutus. for ine goaa "a
sae popalace. that Rome ehlon al lh
present sge, commands the attention
ol !he scientific Nor.d
There IS $50 uecsss - Tor ne 10 d.
scribe Rome geegfapa.oal.y. nia
simply TEL your Feaders what ! san,
and give lhe impress ons walcn foanee
ln my mlnd al the contemplation ~
nuch grandeur Gnd picturesque ano
artistic beauty.
Ii would be vain. indeed. tsstitmpi
10 these few lines 10 give anything Ike
a comprehensive description ot ths
Eternai CITY; consequently. il vii bs
advisable 10 restrict my remarks 10 nrsi
impressions. a. 70 people aud places oi
interest in general. especially since nos
stay IN the city vas rather limited,
having renamed there only about two
weeks.
The most familiar view on approach
iug the city, y that OF the dome oi s.
Peters. Familiar, say. for although
YOU may have never seen il before, yel
from the many pictures and Tepreseu-
tatiOns, which You must surely bavc
seen of IL, YOU immediately leei AZ fir-f
sight an innate conviction that lt Is tlt
dome of immortal fame And 40 Won-
der that people admire It's grandeur.
Tor far out on the kOman campsgna. OF
plains, long heiOre you reach the city,
with nothing else dIstngu Ia tie
nazy distance, there lOoms before your
gie% tie Wonderous pile, IN all It's
rounded magnlhcence. Hence, on
reaching the city, your first impulse il
TO visit the marvel OF art Everything
ls on grand scale, and Vet every little
detail is so arranged, as 10 be n perfect
harmony with the whole, that Al first
YOU are somewhat deceived. For m
stance, over the altar there IS Mosaic
OF the Evangelist, Marx, with pen in
hand. Alta casual glance you would
a. the pen was SIX inches or FOOT
long, but in reality il Is SIX feet in
length, and so with everything else. In
fact | could fill book. were / but 70
expatlate upon the many Things in p~f
ocular 10 be seen, namely the beautiful
Mosaics, MASSIVE statues, gldod altars.
exquisite SIDE chapel, one Of them large
nOugh 20 make a decent sized church.
Cremona's celebrated house, not 10
mention the ascent TO the hall On the
top of the dome, which viii cOntsin
twenty persons; also the tOmbs of the
apostles. where there are preserved rel
les of 1t. Peter and PaHl Right beside
the church Is the Vatican Place, the
residence of the Pope. OF course you
have already heard of the Naucan's IA
nous sculpture gallery, picture gallery
and library, which | would spoil by at
tempting TO describe. At the opposite
end of the city Is the ancient baslica o.
1T Johns LSterans, formerly the church
OF the POpeS. before the construction ot
st. Peters. Hence II II called the
mother of all churches of the city and
of the world. That is because il was
the first Cathedral of the Popes, who are
also bishops of Rome. Ii Is said that
RieuA took his famous bath IN the por-
ahyTy vase of Constantine. winch was
formerly IN this place. Adjoining the
church ls the Latran place, 30 which
there IS valuable museum OF arcnacO-
logical antiquities.
From the extensive piazza IN front Of
+ the church you obtain q magg tcelt
/ view OF the Aiban hilis in the q slancl
and the adjacent towns. Gong hal k
towards the center OF thc city. YOU pas
/ the COilesium, still magesuc in li-
] rusns, and giving yOn bat a FAINT
] idea OF what Il must have been in tnt
/ prime OF IT. rcgalsplen Tor. when hathei
with the hioou OF 40 many thousands g
martyrs, hutcnered 90 make q Rom q
! holiday, while Christianity was yct in
4 q infancy. Keeping on. you pass 0u
! vour right the Arch OF Constant nr. and
come 60 q e Arch CT Titus. when. lo, bp.
& fore YOU hesthc ancient Roman forum
/ and beyond iu the distance the ancicn,
Roman capitol. Naturally your mno
rcvcIts 20 the times Of TIE Roman r..
4 puthc and Empire.
Tho remains 81 b 9 once ~ ~hty en-
pre-. before which the whole world
tre hled and knelt snhmiss ve. l.es
m .atang 40 your feet Bus why df
"a upon ancient Rome and her ruins
44>iorY has told more than / c.air
dream 81 telling vou. C0aseQuerfit 4
fcw words about modern Rome. and l
begin. ] may STATE that many of thf
,mantc IDEAS vou mght have con
( irtd up r. ASSOCIATION v.la t.elt a-l
history Z anc FR0me. a Peer m
periai sn.eudor. wunIl Fstssh rsta ts.l
air. were rou ~ rI-t t1c t .1e nl f.s5se
The streets. wih t4e exception ef fbus.
in the nfw 0Haftefs. are very narrow
murh mrre 80 than those ~ any ord
narg toWH iu Amor CA lat Il. or g.
foCt. indeed. ~ All Latin streets. Naui
~ them arc without HIfuals.
Instead there Is rlent falf g.
cabs I'D vehicles. winch take voa &.
any Part 0f the cItr pr . upieTato cost
B0i vou have % kecp or your guard. 81
cahuen have knafs of Tel ~ = fge
eIgaer - frst sEHt and coassg aenflg 6
firag tie price ~ sun Ire ~ Isle 81.
tm. TO tae boases tasV ere 81 n
stone. brick o. wnceo. In Fact avno3e.
house p q va etV. iof j 88l4 hr cf
fhsre r. one in Rome. A. ia every ~
tae horses ~ tnf Ipcr seer cfanpa.
and crowded together, rfh nafai.
{ lresthlng ryoin. Hllie rslsccs af ft.
rch. un tne other hsnf. iavs TcfF s.s
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