The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-04-29
md numerous charming villas.

0iAu huAtSAouo SHdI4aAilS Villas.
We visited the Castel SAINT Elmo
with its huge fortified walls and pass
ages hewn in solid tuffstone rock. 1t
is now a military prison and only the
outer enclosure is open. We walked
thru into the now suppressed Gar
thusian monestary of San Martino,
which is not less remarkable for the
beauty of its situation and its views
than for the value of its contents. 1t
was begun in 1926, but was entirely
rebuilt in the seventeenth century. We
looked at its treasures, the old monks
seats, the great altar piece, the won
derful mosaic1floor and the great walls
frescoed with wonderful and really
great paintings on the walls and
ceilings.
The room of the monks is covered
with carvings of sandalwood. The
best paintings are the Descent from
the Cross by Stanzoini and painting
onNthe ceiling by Luca Giordano done
in 48 hours when he was II, We
then saw the cloisters with the so col
umns of white marble and the cells
which the monks never left for years.
We then went to the famous Belve-
dere, hexagonal room with two bal
comics commanding exquisite views of
the city of Posilipa to beyond the hill
Of Capodimonte, the bay of Naples,
Mt. Vesuvius, and the fertile country
as far as the Apprentices over 20 miles
away. The building is high and the
ground falls straight down from it.
SAINT Elmo is 735 feet high so you can
imagine the height from which we
looked at the city so close to our feet.
We then drove down the Posilipo, a
beautiful road running along the aBy
OF Naples along the peninsula which
is opposite the peninsula of Sorrento,
thus the two form the Bay of Naples.
Persico surely gave us fine trip with
very cheap rates. But everything is
cheap in Naples except coal, which is
$80.00 per ton and gasoline, which is
$l.75 per gallon.
We drove along the Strada Belve-
dere ind had view of the city and
the Bay of Pozzuoli. 1t was Pozzu-.
oil little further on that Paul landed
in Italy.
The next day, Saturday, was the
biggest and grandest "journee" Of the
whole week for it was then that we
took the wonderful Amalfi drive which
it is claimed 90 per cent. of Naples
visitors INDUCED in before the war.
The drive is along the Bay Of Solem-
no. We passed thru several little
country towns, one being Cava del
Tirreni, little town nestled down
among the mountains. It'had wide
covered sidewalks, the covers Of which
were the second stories of the build
ings extended out. In the center was
a narrow street with hardly room, in
some places, no room, to pass any,
thing. 1t was a quaint looking little
place with its supporting columns all
along the streets and its curb markets
justninside. The next town was VII
etri where begins The AmalG Drive
which runs around the peninsula of
Sorrento. The Bay Of Solemno On
one side and the Bay Of Naples on the
other. t
On one side of the road is the bay
and on the other side high craggy
mountains. The road runs along the
side Of the. bay going about six or sew
en- times the distance it actually COW
ers. On one side of the mountains ac-
tually overhang the hewn road and on
the other. side the sea has in many,
places washed in tinder the road and
its wall. I'm several places one gets