Travelling notes in France, Italy and Switzerland of an invalid in search of health / [John Strang].

  • Strang, John, 1795-1863.
Date:
1863
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Travelling notes in France, Italy and Switzerland of an invalid in search of health / [John Strang]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    petition at Valentino—Arcades and Streets crowded—Female Attire—Servants’ Dress different from those in Great Britain —Crying Evil of our Domestic System—Piazza San Carlo and Statue by Marochetti—Vela, the celebrated Sculptor His colossal Tribute in the Piazza del Gastello—Statue of the Queen in the Palace Chapel compared with that of the Queen of Prussia by Rauch at Charlottenburg—Vela’s Studio Few or no Antiquarian Monuments in Turin—A Hundred Churches in the city—The Superga—National Rifle Com- petition—Stroll down the Via di Po—Leave Turin, Page 3S'49 LETTER V. TURIN AND GENOA. Leave Turin by Train—Municipal Funds well administered— Rise of Rents hurtful to Workmen—Menage of a Labourer— Environs of Turin Beautiful—Asti—Birth-place of Alfieri— Famous for fine sparkling Wine—Story of the bibulous Eccle- siastic—Alessandria—Field of Marengo—Sunset—Moon and Planets hanging like Lamps in the Sky—Glow-worms and Fire-flies—Arrival at Genoa—Hotel Feder—Outward Ap- pearance of Genoa—Crowded Streets and Busy Population— Fearfully Noisy—Sight-seeing limited to two Churches and two Palaces—Strade Balbi, Nuova, and Novissima—Palaces of Durazzo and Brignoli Sela—The Cathedral, or Duomo di San Lorenzo—Church of UAmiunciata—View of Genoa from the Mole—Political condition of the city during the last Half-century, ....... Page 50-60 LETTER VI. GENOA, THE MEDITERRANEAN, AND NAPLES. Female Dress of the Turinese—Difference between the Better and the Lower Classes—Cafe Italia—The Bourse—Statue of Cavour—Magnificent Monument to Christopher Columbus —Villa of the Marquis Palavicini near Piglio—Left Genoa by