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A Traveller In Rome

A gem for the tourist and armchair traveler alike, by the incomparable H.V. Morton. "The master of the genre."--Jan Morris
eBook, English, 2009
Da Capo Press, Cambridge, MA, 2009
1 online resource (433 pages)
9780786730704, 0786730706
817923924
Acknowledgments 9; Map of Rome 10; CHAPTER 1 From a Roman balcony
the noise of Rome
breakfast near St Peter's
the Fontana di Trevi
the growth of a superstition 13; CHAPTER 2 The Capitoline Hill
the tragedy of Rienzo
S. Maria in Aracoeli
the Santo Bambino
a diplomatic party
American Rome
the Borghese Gardens and the Pincio 47; CHAPTER 3 A ticket for the Forum
the Roman Toga
the Senate House
the Vestal Virgins
where Caesar was murdered
Cleopatra in Rome 85. CHAPTER 4 The Pope at a window
the Papal Farm
a day on the Palatine Hill
Caesarian palaces
the writer in Ancient Rome
Nero's Golden House
The Colosseum 134CHAPTER 5 A visit to the Catacombs
on the Via Appia
Early Christians and the Sacrament
St John Lateran
a hermit Pope
Westminster Abbey's link with the Forum
S. Clemente
a Mithraic temple below a church 169; CHAPTER 6 A visit to the Lake of Nemi
an audience at Castel Gandolfo
Cats of Trajan's Market
Roman palaces
the English in Rome
Fountains of the Villa d'Este
Hadrian's Villa 218. CHAPTER 7 The Quirinal Palace
Pauline Bonaparte and her American sister-in-law
the price of a Cardinal's hat
the Piazza Navona
the Pantheon
the Hospital of S. Spirito 264CHAPTER 8 St Peter's in the early morning
the history of the Vatican Hill
the tomb of St Peter
the Roman cemetery under the church
S. Spirito in Sassia
Saxon pilgrims to Rome
the Janiculum Hill 317; CHAPTER 9 A visit to the Vatican
The Vatican State
the Pope's motor car and 'chariots'
Vatican Radio
the Pope's Garden
an exquisite summerhouse
a forgotten relic of the Stuarts 355. CHAPTER 10 Rome in rain
a pilgrims' hostel
the Castel S. Angelo
Trastevere
the game of 'Morra'
how the Pallia are made
the island in the Tiber
an English Cardinal
goodbye to Rome 390Appendix: Charles Andrew Mills 417; Bibliography 421; Index 422