Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-08-29
Lexingtonian's Peregrinations
Through Europe
Naples, ITALY. July rs, 1906.

. OF myself, my friends and the public
H. in general, l have spent much time
nd hard work and money in gathering to
of gether the following information anC
~ facts which are correct II what
m write Is appreciated by many OF oul
~ readers. then / Shall feel more than re-
10 paid. l am sure the short history ]
I'D shall give yousof one of the most in
teresting and delightful trips l have
I ever had will be some surprise to many
who read this letter, for some state
" ments l shall make will be hard for
~ many to believe (the old saying seeing
'e Is believing), and should they not be-
lleve, all they Will have to do Is, to go
4 and see as did.
n First, after leaving New York City
n on a French steamer and being on the
great Atlantic eleven and one half days
,s and lights Of beautiful weather, with
l. the exception Of one fog which lasted
, ten or twelve hours, | arrived at
, Naples, Italy, on Monday morning,
July 23rd. The first sight which most
t attracts the American at that particu-
I lar moment Is the great volcano We
Stylus, which stands off the left Of the
, City Of Naples. This mighty noun
tain, with smoke, steam and fire all
the Time more or less streaming from |
the crater Gts shape being almost |
perfect Gomez is sight beautiful, won
derful and very, very dangerous look
ing to every one except the people who
inhabit the base OF the mountain.
They appear to take no notice of 1t ex-
cept at the time the actual eruption OF
lava is going on.
Naples in many particulars is q
pretty city, but very dirty compared
to all the other cities visited In Italy.
The Neapolltans as class are the {
noisiest set of people l ever saw, each s
one trying to make more noise than I
the other. The city never gets quiet; ]
| it's hard for stranger to sleep in that q
town. There are many beautiful |
places of interest to visit. will only 2
mention few, for to write you Of each il
and everything saw iu all the towns /
visited would certainly require more of "
my time and space in your paper than Z
either OF us would care to devote. D
The Royal Theatre OF San Carlo is s,
the most famous opera house in Italy. a
1t was constructed In only six months W
by the engineer Giovanni Antonio 81
Medrano, in the year 1887. 1t commune H
Gates internally with the apartments of II
the Royal Palace. and faces the princi- IS
pal entrance to the Gallery Umberto d,
l. 1t was inaugurated November A. W
1897, and has six tiers CT boxes, 80 In dr.
each tier. The body Of the hall is "a x XII
D6 feet. w
The monument to Garbaldi Is q br
bronze statue upon marble pedestal, In
and rises majestically In the square an
which bears the name Of the great ID
Zero. The Piazza Dante Is a square No
which received its name from the illus do
ric us Italian poet whose fine maj BILE
tatue stands in the midst. m,
Piazza Chiesa del Carmine, DO tn an,
he square and the church, are very TT
historical. The construction of the &C,
after dates back to the 18th century. g o.
IL IL are 10 De seen the TOMB OF Cor tn,
adino di Sveiza and many valuable da
FORKS Of art by Solimene Sanfedi and be
francesca la Mura. The square where of
10 church stands represents the CEN is 3
e of the quarter where the markets all
re held. Gao
Cloister OF the Certosa di San Mar the
no. The Certosa was constructed n of
i the 18th century. Besides the mu- Wet
'um recently annexed to it is to be In
Iuon "uniieu Inc granu wni'e cioist- plat
, the work OF Cosimo Fonzaga. In the sell,
rim OF square it has on each side st
xteen marble columns OF the Corin- Acr
lian order which support the arch Ola,
of the portico, also OF marble. The Of Fl
p is ornamented by eight statues. Ron
la Roma, once called Via Toledo, is no W
o most important thoroughfare for and
affic. From the monumental church aon
San Ferdinando it extends Ias far and
Piazza Dante, leading to the en- for
lnce of the Gallery Umberto |, and as II
o street OF Santa Brigida 1t is lined II is
the richest and most elegant shops aou,
d until the small hours of the morn fifth
: or might say all night long, is siee,
| OF animation. The Church OF San conn
rdinando was designed by Cosimo want
nA"so' ine ouiioine wes commenc- it no
by the Jesuits in 1923 and was what
ished in 1850. 1t is very much fire. wera
ented because Of its central position. hr,cl
the left on entering it is the princl- IL br
ingress to the Gallery Umberto who,
,osite the Theatre San.Carlo, and to ANU
right is the street called Via Roma. tbicl
Naples has three very disagreeable FIR
eui''' ui"orenC from any o'ner Guy get
italy. One Is filth, one unnecessary cd q
SO day and night, and the other beg Rom,
.. riVn Vno Viuo one KeVs Ills iooI does.
Naples soil until he leaves it's beg leave
g on all sides. va, q
ow we will take leave Of Naples and hut :
hort run by train OF five hours to NJ
oldest and most interesting city OF ,ba h
ly and of the world, I might say,
ne.
ROME, ITALY, July 30, 1905. ""@e"
ne could remain in the City of Rome
months and then not see very much, 80, 49,
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