Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One)
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SEEING EUROPE
WITH FAMOUS
AUTHORS
SELECTED AND EDITED
WITH
INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
BY
WITH
INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
BY
FRANCIS W. HALSEY
IN TEN
VOLUMES
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUMES
ILLUSTRATED
Vol. VII
ITALY, SICILY, AND GREECE
Part One
INTRODUCTION TO VOLUMES VII AND VIII
Italy, Sicily and Greece
CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII
Italy, Sicily, and Greece—Part One
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I
ROME
FIRST DAYS IN THE ETERNAL CITY[1]
THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE CITY[4]
THE PALACE OF THE CÆSARS[6]
THE COLISEUM[8]
THE PANTHEON[9]
HADRIAN'S TOMB[11]
TRAJAN'S FORUM[13]
THE BATHS OF CARACALLA[14]
THE AQUEDUCT BUILDERS[15]
THE QUARRIES AND BRICKS OF THE ANCIENT CITY[16]
PALM SUNDAY IN ST. PETER'S[17]
THE ELECTION OF A POPE[18]
AN AUDIENCE WITH PIUS X[19]
THE ASCENT OF THE DOME OF ST. PETER'S[20]
SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE[21]
CATACOMBS AND CRYPTS[22]
THE CEMETERY OF THE CAPUCHINS[23]
THE BURIAL PLACE OF KEATS AND SHELLEY[24]
EXCURSIONS NEAR ROME[25]
II
FLORENCE
THE APPROACH BY CARRIAGE ROAD[26]
THE OLD PALACE AND THE LOGGIA[28]
THE ORIGINS OF THE CITY[29]
THE CATHEDRAL[30]
AN ASCENT OF THE GREAT DOME[32]
ARNOLFO, GIOTTO, BRUNELLESCHI[33]
GHIBERTI'S GATES[35]
THE PONTE VECCHIO[36]
SANTA CROCE[37]
THE UFFIZI GALLERY[39]
FLORENCE EIGHTY YEARS AGO[40]
III
VENICE
THE APPROACH FROM THE SEA[42]
THE APPROACH BY TRAIN[43]
A TOUR OF THE GRAND CANAL[44]
ST. MARK'S CHURCH[46]
HOW THE OLD CAMPANILE WAS BUILT[48]
HOW THE CAMPANILE FELL[49]
THE PALACE OF THE DOGES[50]
THE LAGOONS[52]
THE DECLINE AMID SPLENDOR[53]
THE DOVES OF ST. MARK'S[55]
TORCELLO, THE MOTHER CITY[56]
CADORE, TITIAN'S BIRTHPLACE[57]
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