Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-09-15


/ a Wonderful History and is Wonder
full Yet--The Multiplicity OF Sights
/ Makes 1t impossible TO See Every
] thing Mt One Yisit-Some OF its Fa-
nous Places Great Buildings That
Have been known Throughout The
World for Hundreds or Years.
BY s. Y. LEEcn, d. ID.
Two hundred and thirty-two miles
lie between Florence and Rome. We
passed through much beautiful and
historical scenery on the route: and we
ran through some pretty cities, COM
mencing with Afezzo which has pop
/ ulation of 10, 600. Cortona has a
larger number OF Inhabitants. Passing
Lake Trasimeno we went over the
field where Hannibal slew is, 900 Ro-
man soldiers In his battle with Flam-
inius. The cities of Perugia, Assist
and Turni were on this railway At
Turni, Tacltus was born. Its cele-
brated cascades fall $50 feet. The
Sabine and Alban mountains lay on
our left. The train entered Rome
through an opening in the wall of
Aurelian near TO the famous baths of
Diocletian.
With hundreds OF renowned places
of interest TO see, and with but four
days 10 see them, on this second visit
to the external City, we felt The
emotions OF the cowboy visiting the
United States hotel at Saratoga
Springs. He wanted to eat Of every
dish on the elabo ute bill OF fare.
When he had finished the various
soups and fish, and surveyed the ar
ray OF roasts, entrees, deserts and
fruits he remarked to the waiter II
fear must skip few Of these
things. y
The American tourist thinks of
twenty famous churches among the
Roman three hundred that he must
see. He must see the arches Of G
stantine, .Septimus, Sever, T.
Antonius Plus and Druses. He
not afford to miss the vast old Ba -
OF Carsacalla, Diocletian, Liyla and
Hadrian. He wants to go thr
the Catacombs Of Saint Galixtus,
Generosa, Saint Pfetextatus and
Sebastian. He does not wish to oYa :
look the celebrated circuses of Alex
andri, Maxentius aud Romulus. He
has desire to visit the Forum Ro.
manum, the Forum Of Trajan, and
the fountains OF the TermiDi, Aqua
/ Marcia and Treyi. He meditates
concerning the Golden House
lof Nero, the Mamertine Prison,
the Quirinal Royal Palace, and the
twenty two other famous palaces. He
wishes to see the eleven old Pagan
temples, the temples OF Antoninus,
Cybele, Julius, Vesta, Vespasian, We
nus and Cupid, Mars, Neptune, Sat
urn, Castor and sPollux and Of the
Sun. He cannot go from Rome with
out seeing the extensive museums in
the villas Albani, Borghese. CorsinI,
Livia, Madame, MedIci, Torlonio--
and the greater museums at the Vati-
can Palace, the Lateran Palace, the
Capitoline and the Palace OF the Con-
iservatoi. He remembers reading OF
the famous tombs OF Cecilia Matella,
the Curatii, Geta, Rumulus, the
Scipios and Seneca, and Of the coll
umns Of Marcus Aurelius, Phocas and
+! Trajan. He does not forget the grand
old Colosseum, the Tarpian Rock, the
Pantheon, the Pincian Gardens, the
Castle OF Saint Angelo, Theban OBJ
/ elisk, the Ccrso, and the Abbey dele
Ire Fontane where possibly Paul was
beheaded. He must keep cab NOV
ing and his guide books open ii he will
see much in four days.
Rome has population OF half a
million. Vast sums have been spent
on its drainage. People say s'It is
death to visit Rome in summer The
Roman fever is certain to strike you
down." / have been there twice in
mid summer and never felt healthier
than In old Rome.
For 2600 years Rome had wonder
full history. How many great orators,
statesmen, warriors, poets, mobiles,
popes and other celebrities have trod-
den these old streets! Reaching the
Grande Hotel D'Roms on the finest
street, the Corso-we found more
than hundred Americans there; but
we had written to the hotel and fine
rooms assigned to US. We visited
many places OF interest. or few /
will write now, and In another article
/ will describe St. Peters and other
vast churches.
Let us speak OF the great Vatican
Museum OF the Popes. The Vatican
Is the worlds largest palace 1t con-
tains eleven thousand apartments.
Here are hundreds OF renowned paint
ings from the brushes OF the worlds
most celebrated artists. The Stanza
of Raphael, the Stanza of Heliodorns,
the Pinacoteca and other divisions of
the Museums OF His Holiness are im-
mensely rich in pictures. Here are
Raphael's famous creations, the
TRANSPORTATION OF Christ, his Coron-
alton of the Virgin and his Madonna