Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-09-26

cemetery and visited the graves OF
Shelley and Keats. The next day we
visited many smaller churches found
ed in different centuries and show
ing the contrast in the construction
of the III os les fro m the
early to the later centuries. In the
afternoon we went to the cathedral
of St. Peter, built over the remains
of St. Peter. In small building near
the Lateran are the Gala Sancta or
Sacred s tairs of twenty-eight marble
steps brought tto Rome by the EN-
press Helena in 326 and which are
said to be the steps up which Christ
entered Pilates palace in Jerusalem.
Our next visit was to the Palatine
Hill or hill of the remains of i'm
perial palaces-the palaces of the
Gaesars-and were in the underground
passage where Caligula was murdered
and Claudius was proclaimed en-
peror. At the Pantheon, which is
now used as burial place, we saw
the graves of many noted painters,
Raphael being among the number;
portion of it is also used as church.
The Sistine Chapel, built in 1473 by
Sixtus III is beautiful, the upper part
of the side wall was decorated by
Perugino and other great Florentine
masters, while the entire ceiling is
adorned with the renowned frescoes
of Michael Angelo and on the wall
behind the altar is the great fresco
of the Last Judgment which took the
great sculptor seven years OF hard
labor to accomplish. Then came our
visit to the Mammertine prison, built
by the early kings and we entered
the cell in which Peter was impris-
oned Before going to the Coliseum
we visited the Baths of Caracalla
which cover an area of 1850 feet and
accommodate sixteen hundred
bathers. The Coliseum, of which
only one-half of the original edifce
remains, is by far the most imposing
monument of antiquity At the Vat
lean we saw many famous works of
noted masters such as Raphael and
Michael Augelo.
After a seven-hour ride through a
beautiful country we reached Florence
on the morning OF July 25th. and
ascended four hundred and fiftysteps
to the Duomo or Cathedral of St.
Mary of the Flower " here Savanarola
! so bitterly denounced the people, and
in the evening we attended lecture
on SavanarOla The next day we
visited the smaller churches and other
places of interest
/ From Florence we went to Pisa
and ascended the famous Leaning
Tower, then to Fiesole to see an old
monastery and on Sunday visited
Mrs. Browning's grave and theBoboli
Gardens. During the next few days
we visited all the picture galleries in
Guiding the Uffizi galleries, Pitt Pal
ace and Palace of the Medici.. Aug.
! 1st we went to the church of St.
Giovanni which is believed to have
been dedicated to Mars though some
claim it was built by the Lombards.
The famous doors by Gaberti were
set up in 1924, and are beautifully
! decorated the most famous door is
in ten compartments representing the
creation of man and took Lorenzo
Gaberti twenty-eight years to finish.
/ Such is the artistic beauty of this
door that Michael Angelo said, ct
is worthy of Paradise We next
went to the church of Santo Grace,
which contains the tomb of Michael
Angelo and monuments of Dante,
Gallieo and many men of less fame,
also paintings by Gietto and Andrea
del Sarto and much admirable sculp-
ture and also contains the most beau
tiful pulpit in the world. The church
San Lorenzo is rich in sculptures and
paintings, is especially famous for the
tombs of the Medici and is adorned
with Michael Angeles "Day and
Night" and Morning and Evening.
From this church a short walk
brought us to the home OF Michael
Angelo where we saw many treas
ures OF art and could contrast his
first work which was in his home and
his last work at the cathedral, the
sculpture representing the descent of
the Saviour from the cross.
August 2nd we left for Venice, a
distance of one hundred and eighty
miles. We passed, on our way,
through forty-five tunnels, two of
them being more than mile iii
length. The chief of the hundred or
more islands in Isolo de Rialto which
gives its name to the famous bridge;
most of the other islands are small.
The Grand Canal winds about in an
irregular course dividing che city into
two unequal parts and is veritable
marine Broadway" There are one
hundred and forty-six smaller canals
which form network of minor
streets, also three hundred and seven
ty-eight bridges and a person can
walk from one end of the city to the
other unless they lose their way.
These canals are used for all ordinary
purposes of travel are the popular
highway and the gondola, which is
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