Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-09-15
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whlea there are many. The magnif1-
cent sculptures, mosaics, candalabora
and other treasures are all worthy OF
days OF visitation.
Among the sculptures are Lasc0on
aud the Apollo Belvidere. The inn
mense library contains 80, 900 books
and "a, 900 manuscripts. The hall
is 236 It. by &C. The Vatican Etrus-
can aud Egyptian Museums, and its
Museum OF Christian antiquities from
the Catacombs are very fine. And
there are dozens OF excellent museums
in Rome In ancient palaces and near
to the great Basilsicas.
Near by Is the Castle of Saint An
gelo, erected before the second century
opened, by the Emperor Hadrian as
an Imperial Mausoleum. The EN-
pefor Honorins TRANSPORTED Il into a
fortress, and many battles fought
around it have stripped 1t OF its COW
ering of Partisan marble aud its old
-statuary. The ashes Of Augustus
Caesar, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelus,
Caracalla, Commodus, Severus and
other Roman monarchs rest here.
Attila riled 1t Of its treasures.
The Pantheon Is a notable build
ing erected by Agrippa before Christ
was born. He built It for temple to
Jupiter. Popes and cardinals have
stolen its famous bronze roof and fine
interior marbles To adorn the editices.
Pope Urban the Eighth took $50, 900
pounds or Its bronze roof for the cast
ing OF 100 cannon, aud for the crea-
tion OF the balderchino of the great
st. Peters church. Its portieo Is Ito
feet by 44,and 10 great columns stand
at It's front. The diameter OF the cir
cirluar interior Is LA feet. Here re-
pose the remains OF Raphael the IA
NOUS Victor Emanuel the Second,
and Umberto, the First, recently as
sassinated When we left Rome il
was being splendidly decorated and
draped for his funeral services.
The Quirinal Palace is the royal
residence. In its Pauline Chapel, be-
fore the Italian kingdom became y
fact, the cardinals met when d Pope
died, and elected his successor. The
room called "The Royal Hall Is 100
feet long. Among its apartments are
the beautiful Throne Room, : Estate
Parlors' and Ambassadors Drawing
Rooms. Phldias and Praxitiles were
probably the artists and chiselled the
groups Of statuary at its front. They
were found in the ruins OF the Baths
OF Constantine.
Not far away are the celebrated
marble Baths OF Caracalla. = When
an old Roman walked around them be
had walked mile. They embraced
bathing apartments for 1000 persons.
The central building Is 750x500 feet,
and it was surrounded by libraries.
lecture balls, picture galleries and
gardens.
The Colosseum is, In many respects,
the most interesting ancient building
in Rome. 1t was erected by the three
successive Emperors Vespasian, Titus
audi Domitian. The foundation was
laid In u. Eight years afterwards
Titus opened it TO the public for Ro-
man sports. 1t is an Ellipse Ia form
and has a circumference or more
than one-third OF a mile. The circu-
lar seats rose TO a height OF 1865 feet.
II accommodated 81, 900 people. The
seats were divided Into four sections.
The Royal family and their guests
occupied the Podinm. Then "a rows
Of circular seats were assigned to sem
ators aud the families OF mobiles. Back
OF these were sixteen rows OF seats for
the families OF Equestrian orders.
Back and above these were nine rows
Of stone seats, and l6 loftier rows Of
wooden benches for the common pe0-
pie. 1t has eighty great entrances.
When Titus opened it for sports they
lasted for hundred consecutive days,
and nine thousand lions, tigers. pan
theirs, bears and wild bulls were slain
on the sands in combats at that time.
Here afterwards perisheo multitndes
OF gladiators land Christian martyrs.
Recent excavations have revealed the
original arena 81 feet below the pres
ent earth floor, and the vast dens for
the beasts reserved for future contests.
1t is great shame that Popes and
Cardinals have torn much Of the edi-
fee away to secure stone for buildings.
Among Rome's many famous roads
blc iuuSu iuttIcodiuk 10 ne Appt10
Way" 1t passes through 1.-THE Field
or Mars where the victorious gener-
ais and their returning armies were
welcomed by the senators anu decreod
to have triumphal entries into the
city. The road is lined on both sides
with catacomqs and the totnbs Of the
eminent dead. While out on the r010
we explored once more the catac0mbs
OF Saint Sebastian.
There are many places OF interestin
Rome, and outside OF its walls 0f
which might write. But wish to
tell your readers of some OF the great
churches-foremost Of which is Saint
Peters, the largest church in tho
world, on which five hundred millions
OF lire have been expended eqnal 70
a hundred millions of American dol
lars.
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