Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-07-27
SUMMER HOME OF THE POPE.

SUMMER HOME OF THE POPE
ADesoription Of the Palace IN the Vatican
Park, Built In 1860.
As Is his custom every summer when,
the great heat makes the vatican COM
paratively uncomfortable, the pope is
about to take up his abode in the beau-
tiful house built by Plus ". in the
Vatican park. The summer palace has
been repaired and adorned in the
course OF the present spring, and is now
more attractive in appearance than.
ever before.
THE palace, says correspondent
OF the Berlin Boursen-Courier, twas;
built by Pirro Lgario in 1850, by COM
mand of Pope Plus ~, who belonged!
to the Medici family. Only few
popes have used it, although cardinals:
and relatives of the head of the church,!
have lived in it at various times. In
1928 Pope Leo XII. ordered the house
remodeled. Before the work was fin
ished, however, he died.
1T is worthy of mention at this
point that Leo XII. was the first pro-
tector of Father Pecci. This priest,
when he assembled the papal throne
later, assumed the name of Leo out of
gratitude to his predecessor. In the
first year of his pontifcate Leo XIII
faithfully believed that his voluntary
imprisonment would soon end and al
low him to pass the hot seasons at Cas-.
telgondolfo or at Subiaco. Not until.
this dream was shattered did he take
advantage of the presence of the sum-
mer house of the Medici pope The pal
ace contains cellars-used as kitchens,
dining-rooms, etc.-a parterre and a.
covered "loggia" in which are the.
rooms for the servants. In the parterre
is a museum containing statues andi
other works of art. At the entrance:
to the museum is small but beauti--
fully worked statue representing dy-
ing zouave. It bears the inscriptions.
''The zouave suffering the martyr.
death. Long live the Pope, King, our,
Holy Father, Plus TX" In the first
story of the palace is a recep-
ton salon, handsomely and newly
decorated, from which one gains.
access in the other rooms. At the right,
is the sleeping-chamber of the Pope's:
body chamberlain. Opposite the en-
trance is tho throne-roon, which serves
as audience-room on extraordinary oc-,
casions. At the left OF this is a spiraE
hallway leading to the private cabinet
where His Holiness receives the cardi--
nails and prelates. Further to the Left
is the study of the Pope, which is con-
nected with the Papal bedroom. In
the bedroom stands an iron bedstead
1.-THE dining-room," adds the CORE
spondent, sis simply decorated. TWAS
supplied this year for the first time.
with all necessary furniture. The pal
ace is surrounded by stone wall, at
the front of which is handsomes
'loggia.' It's entrance is in the form Of
an amphitheater In the middle of the
loggia' is fountain which throws the
water about in the form of cross.
Opposite the 'loggia' is the so-called
Medici park. In the center of this
park Is beautiful little fountain sur
rounded by handsome grass plots.
The palace proper lies at the
foot of the great Vatican park. The
OUTLOOK from the windows Is g. lovely
one. Monte Maria can be seen in the
distance.
The pope has had a roadway, STUDIO
ed on either side by trees, built from
the vatican to the summer palace. In
following the pathway one meets first,
the pickets of the Swiss guard, then.
those of the papal gendarmes, and
further on the barrack of the gend--
armes. In the summer after read
ing mass in the vatican the
pope, about eight o'clock, is car
ried to the garden, and is them
driven in closed carriage to the
summer palace. After breakfast there
he gives audience to. the cardinals, pre-
lates and often to the foreign ministers
accredited to his court. After the au-
diences are over he eats a simple
| luncheon, and then sleeps, as a rule,
until o'clock. He then devotes sew
eral hours to study and work. In the
early evening he takes a short walk or
drive in the Vatican park, and then re-
turns for time to the vatican."-N. Y.
Trihnno