The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-08-05
SUMMER HOME OF THE POPE.
A Description of the Palace in the Vatican
Park, Built in 1860.

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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 low
more attractive in appearance than
ever before.
THE palace" says a correspondent
of the Berlin Boursen-Courier, was
built by Pirro Ligario in 1860, by com
mand of Pope Plus ", who belonged
to the Medici family. Only a 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 MI. ordered the house
remodeled. Before the work vas fin
ished, however, he died.
at is worthy of mention at this
point hat Leo MI. 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 pontificate Leo NH
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 and
other works of art. At the entrance
to the museum is a small but beauti-
fully worked statue representing a dy-
ing zouave. 1t bears the inscription:
The uav suffering the martyr
death. Long live the Pope, King, our
Holy Father, Plus IN" 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 the throne-room, which serves
as audience-room on extraordinary oc-
c~asions. At the left of this is a spiral
hallway leading to the private cabinet
where His Holiness receives the cardi-
nails n p~relates. 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.
The dining-room,' adds the corre-
spondent, lis simply decorated. 1t was
supplied this year for the first time
will al -,
ace is surrounded by a stone wall, at
the front of which is a handsome
'loggia.' It's entrance is in the form of
an amphitheater. In the middle OF the
'loggia' is a fountain which throws the
water about in the form of a cross.
Opposite the 'loggia' is the so-called
Medici park. In the center OF this
park Is a 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 q lovely
one. Monte Maria can be seen in the
distance.
The pope has had a roadway, studd-
ed on either side by trees, built from
the vatican to the summer palace. In
the pathway one meets first
the pickets of the Swiss guard, then
those of the papal gendarmes, and
further on the barrack of the pend-
arines. In the summer after read
ing mass in the vatican the
pope. about eight o'clock, is ear
ried to the garden, and is then
driven in a closed carriage to the
summer palace. After breakfast tbara
he gives audience to the cardinals, pre-
lates and often to the foreign minister's
accredited to his court. After the an
dlences are over he eats a simple
luncheon, and then sleeps, as a rule.
until 4 o'clock. He Their d~eyotes SOW
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 a time to the vatican."-N. Y.
Tribune.