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 Collection of fome of the jincjl Profpecls in 
 
 ITALY. 
 
 With fhort remarks on them, by Abbate R. Venuti Antiquarian to the Pope, 
 and Fellow of the Royal Society of London. 
 
 Engraved by various celebrated Engravers at Rome. 
 
 EJl locus, Hefperiam Grail ctgnomine dicunt ; 
 
 Terra antiqua , potent armis atque ubere glebes : 
 
 Oenotrii colnerc viri ; nunc fama tninores 
 
 Italians dixijfe , ducit de nomine, gentem. Virg. i£n. L. I. 
 
 
 VOL. I. 
 
 
 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOU 0009 OOO 30000 oooo OOO0 • 
 
 
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 Sold by J. Nourse oppofite Catherine- ftrect in the Strand, 
 Bookfeller in ordinary to His Majefty. 
 
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 MDCCLX1I, 
 
Virg. Georg. Lib. 1 1. 
 
 Ed tieque Medorum Sylva , ditijjima terra , 
 
 NeC pulcher Ganges , atque auro turbidus Hermus , 
 Laudibus Italia certent ; non BaSira , Indi, 
 Totdque thuriferis Pancha'ia pinguis arenis. 
 
 Hac loca non tauri fpirantes naribus igntm 
 Invfrtere , fatii immanis dentibus bydri : 
 
 Ut neither Median Woods, ( a plenteous Land ) 
 Fair Ganges , Hermus rolling Golden Sand, 
 
 Nor Baftria , nor the richer Indian Fields, 
 
 Nor all the Gummy Stores Arabia yields ; 
 
 Nor any foreign Earth of greater name. 
 
 Can with fweet Italy contend in Fame. 
 
 No Bulls, whofe Noftrils breath a living Flame, 
 Have turn’d our Turf, no Teeth of Serpents here 
 
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 Nec galas denfijque virum feges horruit hajlis : 
 Sid gravida fruges, 13 Bacchi Majjicus humor 
 Jmplcvere : tenent oleaque , armentaque lata. 
 Hinc lellator equus campo JeJe arduus infert : 
 
 Hinc alii, Clitumne, greges , 13 maxima taurus 
 
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 Viclima fape tuo perfufi Jlumine facro , 
 
 Romanos ad templa Deum duxere triumphos. 
 
 Hie ver ajjiduum, atque alienis menfibus ajlas . 
 Bis gravida pecudes ; bis pomis utilis arbos. 
 
 At rabida tigres abfunt , 13 Java Uonum 
 Semina : nec miferos fallunt acenita legentes : 
 
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 Were Town, an armed Hoft, and Iron Crop to bear. 
 But fruitful Vines, and the fat Olives freight, 
 
 And Harvefts heavy with their fruitful weight. 
 
 Adorn our Fields ; and on the chearful Green, 
 
 The grazing Flocks and lowing Herds are feen. 
 
 The Warrior Horfe, here bred, is taught to train. 
 There flows CUtumnus thro’ the flow’ry Plain ; 
 
 Whofe Waves, for Triumphs after profp’rous Wars, 
 The Vidtim Ox, and fnowy Sheep prepares. 
 Perpetual Spring our happy Climate fees, 
 
 Twice breed the Cattle, and twice bear the Trees j 
 And Summer Suns recede by flow degrees. 
 
 Our Land is from the rage of Tygers freed. 
 
 Nor nourifhes the Lyon’s angry Seed ; 
 
 Nor pois’nous Aconite is here produc’d, 
 
 Or grows unknown, or is, when known, refus’d. 
 
Nec rapit immenfos orbes per humutn , neq\ tanto 
 Squameus in fpiram traftu fe Colligit anguis. 
 
 Adde tot egregias urbes, operumq-, laborem ; 
 
 Tot congejla manu praruptis oppida J, axis ; 
 
 Fluminaque antiques fubter la bent ia muros. 
 
 An mare , quod fupra , memorem , quodq\ alluit infra ? 
 Anne lacus tantos ? te , Lari maxime ; teque 
 Fluflibus & fremitu affurgens, Benace , marino ? 
 
 An memorem portus, Lucrin'oque addita claujira , 
 Atque indignatum magnis Jiridoribus tequor : 
 
 Julia qua ponto long e fonat unda refufo , 
 
 Tyrhenufque fretis immittitur eejlus Avernis ? 
 
 Nor in To vaft a length our Serpents glide. 
 
 Or rais’d on fuch a fpiry Volume ride. 
 
 Next add our Cities of Uluftrious Name, 
 
 Their coftly Labour and ftupend’ous Frame : 
 
 Our Forts on fteepy Hills, that far below 
 See wanton Streams, in winding Valleys flow. 
 
 Our twofold Seas, that wafhing either fide, 
 
 A rich Recruit of Foreign Stores provide. 
 
 Our fpacious Lakes; thee, Larius, firfl: ; and next 
 Benacus, with tempeft’ous Billows vext. 
 
 Or fhall I praife thy Ports, or mention make 
 Of the vafl: Mound, that binds the Lucrine Lake. 
 Or the difdainful Sea, that, (hut from thence, 
 
 Roars round the Structure, and invades the Fence. 
 There, where fecure the Julian Waters gl.de, 
 
 Or where Avernus Jaws admit the Tyrrhene Tyde. 
 
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 JJac eadtm argenti rivos , arifque metalla 
 Ojlendit venis , atque auro plurima Jluxit. 
 
 Hac genus acre virum, Mar [os pulemq\ Sabellam, 
 AJfuetumque malo Ligurem , Volfcofque verutos 
 Extulit : hcec Decios , Marios , magnofq-, Camillas , 
 Scipiadas duros hello : Cf te maxime Cafar , 
 nunc extremis /If lit jam viftor in oris 
 Imbcllem avertis Romanis arcihus Indum. 
 
 Salve , magna parens frugum, Saturnia tellies. 
 
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 Our Quarries deep in Earth, were fam’d of old. 
 For Veins of Silver, and for Ore of Gold. 
 
 Th’ Inhabitants themfelves, their Country grace 
 Hence rofe the Marfan and Sabellian Race : 
 Strong limb’d and flout, and to the Wars inclin’d. 
 And hard Ligurians , a laborious Kind. 
 
 And Volf dans arm’d with Iron-headed Darts. 
 Befides an OfF-fpring of undaunted Hearts, 
 
 The Decij, Marij , great Camillas came 
 From hence, and greater Scipio's double Name : 
 And mighty Cafar, whofe victorious Arms, 
 
 To fartheft Afia , carry fierce Alarms : 
 
 Avert unwarlike Indians from his Rome ; 
 Triumph abroad, fecureour Peace at home. 
 
 Hail, fweet Saturnian Soil ! of fruitful Grain 
 Great Parent, greater of Illufirious Men. 
 
( * ) 
 
 THE PREFACE. PREFJZ10NE. 
 
 * Hefe Views of feveral of the mod 
 beautiful and pleafant places in Italy, 
 particularly fuch as have not been 
 hitherto deferibed by other travellers, 
 are now firft offered to the Public. 
 The draughts were taken either from 
 the public ftreets and roads, ufually 
 frequented by travellers, or from fome 
 celebrated place feen at a certain di- 
 ftar.ee, and which every foreigner may 
 have an opportunity of beholding. 
 
 The Learned are already furnifhed 
 with feveral deferiptions of Italy, fuch 
 as thofe of Biondo, Alberti, Magini , 
 and Scotto, of whole books there 
 have been many Italian, Latin, and 
 French editions. Many travellers alio 
 
 C Omparifcono per la prima volta alia 
 luce quejle vedute di alcuni piu vagbi, e 
 atneni luogh't dell' Italia , e di quelle par - 
 ticolarmente che da altri viaggiatori non 
 fono Jlate map riportato. Sono quejle bel- 
 le , e vaghe vedute Jlate dijegnate o' dalle 
 publiche Jlrade , e camino che comune- 
 mente fi pratica dal viaggiatori , o' da 
 qualche luogo celebre , che in qualche di- 
 Jlanza ft ritrova , che per altro ogni Fo- 
 rajliere non tralafcia di vedere. 
 
 Molte deferizioni moderne dell ' Italia 
 girano per le man 't deg l' Eruditi , come 
 del Biondo, dell' Alberti, del' Magini, 
 dello Scotto, di cuj fi fono fatte tante 
 edizioni Italiane , Latine , e Francefi, 
 Mold Viaggiatori hanno data alle pu - 
 A 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 CEs prefentes Vues de la plupart 
 des plus fuperbes Sc plus agreables pla- 
 ces d’ltalie, particulierement de celies 
 qui, jufqu’a prefent, n’ont point ete re- 
 prefentees par les autres voyageurs, font 
 a prefent offertes au Public. Ces plans 
 ont ete tires des rues Sc grands chemins 
 publics, ou dequelques places renom- 
 mees que Ton apper^oit a certaine di- 
 ftancc. Sc que les etrangers peuvent 
 avoir occafion de remarquer. 
 
 Les Savans font deja pourvu de plu- 
 fieurs deferiptions de l’ltaiie, tel les que 
 celies de Biondo , Alberti , Magini , Sc 
 Scotto , dont on a fait plufieurs edi- 
 tions Italiennes, Latines & Fran^oifes. 
 Plufieurs voyageurs, dont il feroit trop 
 
have publifhsd an account of this coun- 
 try, whofe names it would be tedious 
 to recite : let it fuffice juft to men- 
 t on among others Mijfon , Reit , Ma- 
 billon , and Montfaucon , But the firft 
 have contented themfelves with fim- 
 ply exhibiting topographical maps, and 
 views of fome of the moft principal 
 cities ; the laft have only given views 
 of ancient and modern monuments, 
 or fcarce any thing more. We have 
 thought proper therefore to take ano- 
 ther courfe, and to produce a work 
 of a different kind which may be a- 
 greable to travellers, and ufeful to 
 the lovers of painting and defign. Plea- 
 fi,ng to the firft, for being furnifhed 
 with this performance on their travels, 
 they may be induced to ftop in order 
 to contemplate on the exadfnefs of the 
 defign, and the beauty of the profpedt 
 it reprefents : to the laft it will be 
 
 ( ^ ) 
 
 bliche Jlampe i loro viaggi , de ’ i qua- 
 li lungo farebbe il qui favellarne ; ba- 
 Jiandomi d’ accennare Miffon, Reit, 
 Mabillon, Montfaucon, ed altri. Ma 
 i primi fi jono contentati di arricchi- 
 re le loro Jlampe femplicemente di Car- 
 te Geographiche , o' di vedute delleprin- 
 cipali Cittd del ' Italia ; i fecondi di 
 qualche veduta di tnonumenti antichi, 
 e modern ': , o' poco di piu. Noi abbia- 
 mo creduto di tenere una dijferente 
 Jlrada , e di produrre una nuova idea, 
 che pojjo ejfere di piacere a i Viag- 
 giatori e di utile a' chi ama la pit- 
 iura , e il difegno : Dilettevole a i 
 primi perche trovandofi ejji quejlo no - 
 Jlro Libro nelle mani nel loro viag- 
 giare pojfono fermarfi qualche piccolo 
 Jpazio di tempo a confiderare la ve- 
 rita, l' amenitd , e la bellezza ; per 
 i fecondi potendone fare ufo ne i lo- 
 ro difegni e nelle loro pitture j aven- 
 
 Jong de repeter ici les noms, ont auffi 
 fait un recit de ce pays-la j qu’il fufR- 
 fe done de mentionner Mijfon , Reit , 
 Mabillon & Montfaucon. Les premiers 
 fe font contente de produire fimple- 
 ment des Cartes Geographiques, avec 
 la vue de quelques unes des plus prin- 
 cipals villes ; les feconds ont feule. 
 ment donne une defeription des mo- 
 numens anciens & modernes, & pref- 
 que rien autre chofe. Nous avons cru 
 par cette raifon la, qu’il etoit neceflai- 
 re de prendre une autre methode, & 
 de produire un ouvrage d’une differen- 
 te efpece, lequel put etre agreable aux 
 voyageurs, & utile aux amateurs de 
 la peinture & du deffein. En plaifant 
 aux premiers qui fe trouvent fournis 
 d’un ouvrage qui leur fert de guide, & 
 les met a portee d’obferver en peu de 
 terns, l’exadfitude du deffein & la beau- 
 te de l’objet qu’rl reprefente, il peut 
 
ufeful in their paintings, and defigns, 
 having ourfelves had occafion to ob- 
 serve by frequent experience their fine 
 efFedf. 
 
 Italy is known to be a very moun- 
 tainous country, abounding with plea- 
 fing profpedb, hills gradually rifing or 
 awfully abiupt, falls of water, and 
 fountains, all which at once excite 
 fenfations both awful and pleafing. 
 Such a country therefore mull furnilh 
 an infinite number of charming views, 
 at prefent however we have given but 
 a fmall fample ; (hould this attempt 
 meet the approbation of the public, 
 which we are induced to hope by fe- 
 veral learned friends who firft excited 
 us to the undertaking, we fhall con- 
 tinue at intervals to publifh a fimilar 
 volume as long as we find the public 
 give them a favourable reception. We 
 have given thisjolume in the Englifli, 
 
 ( 3 ) 
 
 done not fatta l' efperienza in altret- 
 tanti quadri, che Jono riefeiti gra- 
 ziofi paeft, e vedute . 
 
 Non vi e dubbio che V Italia e molto 
 montuofa , e ricca di amene vedute , 
 vaghe colline, graziofi colli, e ne i 
 dirupi ijlejfi, e cadute di jiumi , e di fon- 
 tane ni e un bel mijlo d' orrido , e pia- 
 cevole ajjieme. Infinite certamente pojfo- 
 no ejfere le belle vedute , che ricavare 
 ft poffono da moltijfime parti del Italia : 
 noi per adejfo non ne diamo che un picco- 
 lo faggio ; fe quejlo incontrerd /’ appro - 
 vazione del Publico, come ce lo fanno 
 fperare varij nojlri detti Amici , che 
 ce ne hanno ancora data /’ impulfo , 
 noi continueremo di tempo in tempo di 
 dar fuori di ftmili volumi, fmo a t on- 
 to che ne vedremo nel pubblico il gra- 
 dimento. V edizione di quejli volumi 
 la far (mo in lingua Francefca , Italiana 
 A 2 
 
 aulfi etre tres-utile aux feconds dan* 
 1’art de la peinture & du deflein, ayant 
 eprouve nous-memes par plufieurs ex- 
 periences leur belle production. 
 
 L’ltalie eft connue pour etre un 
 pays fort montagneux, abondant en 
 perfpedtives agreables, & en collines 
 qui s’elevent par degres, ou qui font 
 d’un afpedi affreux, dont l’eau qui en 
 defeend & le bruit des fontaines, exci- 
 tent un melange de terreur & de plai- 
 fir. Un tel pais ne peut manquer de 
 fournir un nombre infini de vues char- 
 mantes, dont nous n’avons donne a 
 prefent qu’une petite ebauche. Si cet 
 ouvrage peut meriter 1’approbation du 
 Public, a laquelle nous avons tout lieu 
 de nous attendre, nous voyant encou- 
 rage par plufieurs Savans de nos amis, 
 nous continuerons de donner par in- 
 tervale un Volume fimilaire, aulfi long- 
 tems quo nous nous appercevrons de la 
 
French and Italian languages, by which 
 means it is adopted to the compre- 
 henfion of each Nation, and may alfo 
 ferve to inftrudb the reader in his ef- 
 forts to attain thefe languages. Under 
 each plate may be feen the defcription 
 in Englifh and French correfponding 
 with the Italian explanation. Thefe 
 explanations arefhort in order to adapt 
 them to the plate, our defign being 
 only to make fome particular remarks 
 not generally known, leaving the def- 
 cription of the cities to Geographers 
 and Travellers. 
 
 It remains in the laft place to apprize 
 the reader that when feveral places 
 are joined together in the fame plate, 
 they are diftinguifhed by a greater or 
 lefTer number of birds in the air, while 
 they are mark’d by figures in the ex- 
 planation. This was done becaufe fi- 
 
 ( 4 ) 
 
 ed Inglefe , accio pojfa ejjere a porta - 
 ta dell' intelligenza di quejle Nazioni, 
 e percbe pojfa fervire al Lettore da ap- 
 prendere la propria favella di ciafeuna 
 di quejli nazione. Sotto di ciafche d’uti 
 rame fara la dejcrizione Inglefe , e Fran- 
 cefe corrijpondente al titolo Italiano 
 della fpiegazione Jlampata. Quejle fpie- 
 gazioni ft fono fatte brevi , e all’ op- 
 port unit a del rame , procurando di di- 
 rui qualche cofa di particolare , e di 
 piii recondite^ lajciando la dejcrizione 
 delle Citta a i Geograf y e d i Viag - 
 giatori. 
 
 Rejlami in ultimo da avvertire , che 
 accennandofi in un rame piu luoghi, ft 
 fono quejli nel medefimo dijlinti con piu. 
 o minor numero d' uccelli nell ’ avia che 
 nellt ojfervazioni fi Jono fegnati con nu- 
 meri ; e cio ft e fatto perche i numeri 
 nel rame Jembravano fare una certo 
 
 favorable reception que lui fera le Pu- 
 blic. Nous donnons ce Volume en An- 
 glois, Italien & Francois, afin qu’il foit 
 alaportee d’un chacun, & puifle in- 
 ftruire tout ledleur qui s’applique a l’etu- 
 de deces langues. Au deflous decha- 
 que planche on voit la defcription An- 
 gloife & Fran$oife qui correfpond avec 
 l’interpretation Italienne, ees interpre- 
 tations ne font qu’en abrege, d’autant 
 plus que notre intention n’eft que de 
 faire quelques remarques particulieres 
 qui ne font pas generalement connues, 
 laiflant la defcription des villes aux 
 foins des Geographes & des Voyageurs. 
 
 II ne refte plus qu’a avertir le Le&eur 
 que lorfque plufieurs places fe rencon- 
 trent enfembles dans la meme planche, 
 elles font diftinguees par un plus grand 
 ou par un moindre nombre d’oifeaux 
 dans Fair, 5c marque dans 1’explication 
 par des chifres. L’on a fuivi cette 
 
gures in the plate would have a rude 
 and dilagreeable appearance. The 
 plates are placed in the mod metho- 
 dical order, and in the fame manner 
 the fubfequent Volumes {hall be con- 
 duced, if this, as it is hoped, be favou- 
 rably received by the Public. 
 
 ( s ) 
 
 moftruofita , e bruttezza. A i fuddetti 
 rami ft e dat'o quell' ordine piu meto- 
 dico , che e Jlato pojfibile , ed in tal 
 maniera ft continutra ne guenti 
 volumi , fe quejlo inctntrera l' appro- 
 vazione del Publico , conforme fpe- 
 riamo. 
 
 methode pour eviter le mauvais effet 
 que ces chifres auroient caufe dans la 
 gravure. Les planches font places dans 
 un ordre regulier, & Ton fuivra le me- 
 me ordre dans les Volumes fuivans, li 
 celui-ci comme on I’efpere, eft re$u 
 favorablement du Public, 
 
( 7 ) 
 
 A 
 
 VIEW V E D U T A 
 
 O F 
 
 RAVENNA 
 
 A City of Umbria, on the fide 
 next the Sea. 
 
 Ravenna is fcen at the difance of 22 miles from the Sea, 
 on the river M'ontone •which falls into the Adriatic. 
 45 from Ferrara. 45 from Bologna. 69 from 
 Florence. 195 from Roma. Long. 29, 50, 
 Lat. 44. 22. 
 
 D I 
 
 RAVENNA 
 
 Citta degli Umbria , dalla 
 parte del Mare. 
 
 Ravenna e difcofta ful fiume Montone che fi perde 
 nel Adriatico 22 misle del Mare. 45 da Fer- 
 rara. 45 da Bologna. 69 da Firenze. 195 
 da Roma. 
 
 Long, 29, 50. Lat. 44, 22. 
 
 VUE 
 
 D E 
 
 RAVENNA 
 
 Ville d’Umbria, du cote 
 de la Mer. 
 
 Ravenna efi a 22 misles de la Mer,fitue fur la ri- 
 viere Montone qui fe jette dans P Adriatique. 
 45 de Ferrare. 45 de Bologne. 69 de Flo- 
 rence. 195 de Rome, Long. 29, 50. Lat . 
 44. 22. 
 
 N°. I. 
 
 Cji Ette Vue eft prife du chemin qui 
 conduit de Ravenna a Venize, d’oii 
 Ton apperqoit auffi a quelque diftance, 
 outre la Ville mentionnee ci-defius, la 
 Montagne de Bertinoro, & le Mount 
 de St. Marino. Hors de la Ville lont 
 les deux rivieres Montone & Ronco, 
 lefquelles n’ayant point de jondiion 
 
 N°. I. 
 
 T His View is taken from the way 
 leading from Ravenna to Venice, from 
 whence befide the view of the above 
 named City, at a diftance is feen the 
 Mountain of Bertinoro, and the Hill 
 of St. Marino. Without the city 
 are two rivers, the Montone, and the 
 Ronco, which being rendered incapa- 
 
 N°. I. 
 
 Uejla veduta e prefa dalla Jlrada 
 che da Ravenna fi fa per andare a 
 Venezia ; da dove oltre Jcoprirfi la 
 fuddetta Citta ft vede in lontananza 
 la Montagna di Bertinoro , e il Mon- 
 te di San Marino. Fuori della Citta 
 fono due fiutni il Montone , e il Ron- 
 co , i quail per non avere piit il loro 
 
ble of an Influx into the Sea by its re- 
 tiring, they threatened to overflow the 
 City, to prevent which Clement XII. 
 caufed a new Canal to be cut, thro 
 which the waters might have their 
 courfe, and thus fecured this famous 
 City. 
 
 In the road which leads to the Port 
 of Cefenatico and Cervia, is to be feen 
 a round Church, ferved by the Bene- 
 dictines, of wonderful architecture, and 
 dedicated to the holy Virgin. Its dia- 
 meter on the infide meafures XXXV 
 paints, the walls are finely ador- 
 ned, and the whole pavement is com- 
 pofed of a Mofaicof feveral very agree- 
 able figures. The roof is in the form 
 of a cube, all of one fingle ftone, and 
 concave within, with a round window 
 in the middle which illuminates the bo- 
 dy of the Church. Over this were for- 
 merly four columns of porphyry, which 
 
 ( 8 ) 
 
 sfogo in Mare , per il ritiramento del me- 
 defuno , minacciavavo d' innondare la 
 Citta ; onde per la di lej confervaziane 
 ordino Clemente XII. un nuovo taglio t 
 e nuovi canale , acciocche ft dejfe sfogo 
 a medefimi e ft ajjicurajfe cost illujlre 
 Citta. 
 
 Nella via che porta al porto Cefenatico 
 e d Cervia ft vede una Chieja rotunda , 
 ojfziata da PP. Benedettini d' archi- 
 tettura mirabile , dedicata alia Beata 
 Vergine fi di cuj giro interior e e di 
 palmi XXXV. di diametro ; i muri fo - 
 no ben lavorati , e tutto il pavimento 
 e compojlo di piccotiffime pietre , com- 
 pofto in figure diverfe molte dilet- 
 tevoli : La coperta e in fgura di 
 
 cubo , tutta di un fol JaJfo intiero , 
 e di dentro concavo , con un occhi 
 nel mezzo che illumina la Chieja. So- 
 pra il medefimo furono gia quattro 
 colonne , che fojienevano il fepolcro 
 
 avec la Mer, mena^oient la Ville d’u- 
 ne inondation que Clement XII. pre- 
 vint en y faifant couper un Canal 
 a travers, afin que les eaux puflent 
 avoir leurs cours. Sc par- la il mit 
 cette fameufe Ville a l’abri du danger 
 auquel elle etoit expofee. 
 
 Sur le chemin qui conduit au Port 
 de Cefenatico & de Cervia, Ton voit 
 une Eglife toute ronde fous la dire- 
 ction des PP. Bened'uStins, d’une ar- 
 chitecture merveilleufe, & dediee a la 
 Bien-heureufe Vierge. Lavoutedans 
 fon enceinte a XXXV. palmes de dia- 
 metre, les murs font bien travailles, & 
 le pavement ou l’on voit plufieurs figu- 
 res agreables, eft fait a la mofa'ique. 
 Letoit eft d’une forme cubique, tout 
 d’une feule pierre creufe, avec une fe- 
 netre ronde dans le milieu par ou le 
 jour fe repand dans l’Eglife. Il y avoit 
 ancienneme.nt au deflus quatre colonnes 
 
fupported the tomb of King Theodo- 
 ric, they were all of one ftone, eight 
 feet long, and four feet high, with a 
 copercle of bronze very well execu- 
 ted. They will have it that this Se- 
 pulchre was eredled by his daughter 
 Amalafunta, but being deftroy’d by the 
 rapacity of the Soldiers of Lewis XII. 
 King of France, there at prefent fcarce 
 remain the Ieaft veftiges of it. 
 
 Neighbouring to the Sea, which 
 was once very near the City of Ra- 
 venna, but is now diftant more than 
 three miles, is fituated the famous 
 Abbey of Gaffe, remarkable at pre- 
 fent for nothing except its ancient 
 Church, its fubterraneous paffages, and 
 ancient inferiptions. Here they pre- 
 ferve the body of St. Appollinaris ; 
 2 nd here alfo is to be feen a Foreft 
 of Pines deferving admiration, and 
 
 ( 9 ) 
 
 del Re Teodorico , fatto di porfido tut - 
 to di un pezzo lungo VIII piede t e 
 alto IV. con il coperchio di bronzo fi- 
 gurato affai bene. Vogliono che quejlo 
 fepolcro gle lo fabbricaffe Amalafunta 
 fua figliola ; ma ejfendo Jlato per 
 ingordigia diftratto da Soldati di Lo- 
 dovico XII. Re di Francia , non fi 
 conofee adejfo che da poiche vejligij del 
 del medefimo. 
 
 Vicino al mare una volta proffimo 
 alia Cittd di Ravenna , ed ora Lon- 
 tano piu di tre mi glia y e fituata la 
 celebre Abbadia di Clajfe , in niente 
 oggigiorno ragguardevole , fe ne ec- 
 cettviamo la fua antica Chiefa , e jot- 
 ter raneoy e antiche iferizioni ; qui ft 
 conferva il Corpo di S. Apollinare. 
 Ammirafi parimente da quejla parte 
 una gran felva di Pin ! , che non ha’’ 
 equale in grandezza, pojjeduta la 
 
 B 
 
 de porphyre fupportant la tombe du Roi 
 Theodoric, toutes d’une feule pierre, 
 huit pieds de long, & quatre de haur, 
 avec un couvercle de bronze fort bicn 
 execute. L’on rapporte que ce Sepul- 
 chre avoit ete erige par fa fille Amala- 
 funta ; mais ayant ete detruit par 
 les troupes de Louis XII. Roi de 
 France, il n’en refte a prefent prefque 
 aucuna veftiges. 
 
 Dans le voifinage de la Mcr, qui 
 autrefois etoit fort pres de Ravenna, 
 mais a prefent en eft eloigne de plus de 
 trois miles, eft fituee la fameufe Ab- 
 bai'e de Claffe, qui n’a de remarqua- 
 ble que l’anciennete de fon Eglife, 
 fes paffages fouterrains, & fes inferip- 
 tions antiques : C’eft la que 1’on 
 
 conferve le Corps de St. Appollinaire. 
 Il y a ici une foreft de Pins admirables, 
 d’une hauteur fans pareille, qui four- 
 
( 10 ) 
 
 which furpafs all others in height, magglor parte da Monad CaJJinenfi , niflent tie leur fruit prefque toute 
 
 and belong for the moft part to the che fornifce i fuoi frutd a quafi tut - l’ltalie, & dont la plus grande par- 
 
 Monks of Clatfe, furnilhng almoft ta l' Italia. tie appartient aux Moines de Claffe. 
 
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 VIEW 
 of the Country beyond 
 RIMINI, 
 
 and of the Mountain, and Repu- 
 blic of St. Marino. 
 
 N°. II. 
 
 H Aving part the famous river Ru- 
 bicon, called at prefent the Marecchia, 
 about half a mile from the ancient city 
 of Rimini, on the Emilian way, near 
 the Church of the Holy-Ghoft, and 
 not far from the great road leading to 
 Rome, we difcover at fome miles dift- 
 ance, the lofty and craggy mountain 
 of St. Marino, on the top of which 
 there is a rich and ftrong fortifyed 
 Caftl e, founded either in the ninth or 
 
 ( 11 ) 
 
 V E D U T A 
 della Campagna paffato 
 RIMINI , 
 
 e della Montagna , e Republica 
 
 di S. Marino. 
 
 N°. I /. 
 
 V 
 
 AJfato il celebre Flume Rubicone, 
 detto in oggi la Marecchia , mezzo 
 miglio di la dell ’ antica Citta di 
 Rimini nella via Emilia , vicino alia 
 Chiefa dello Spirito Santo , pojla poco 
 lontano della Jlrada maejlra andando 
 a Roma ft fcopre lungi alcune mi glia 
 1' alta , e Jcofcefa montagna di San 
 Marino ; fopra della quale e un 
 riccoy e popolato Cajielloy jondato nel 
 
 IX, o' X, Sec, di Chr, che ft go - 
 
 B a 
 
 VUE 
 
 de la Campagne au*dela dc 
 
 RIMINI, 
 
 & de la Montagne & Republique 
 de St. M a r i N o. 
 
 N°. II. 
 
 A Yant pafle la fameufe Rivier* 
 Rubicon, nommee a prefent Marecchia, 
 a environ un demi mile de l’ancienne 
 Ville de Rimini, fur Ie chemin Emi- 
 lien, pres l’Eglife du S. Efprit, & pas 
 loin de la grande route qui conduit i 
 Rome, l’on decouvre a quelques miles 
 de diftance, la haute & raboteufe Mon- 
 tagne de S. Marino, fur laquelle efl fi- 
 tue un riche Chateau bien fortifie, fon- 
 de dans le neuvieme ou le dixieme Si®- 
 
tenth Century, which is governed by 
 its own laws, and which fince its foun- 
 dation has retained its independence, 
 from whence it has acquired the name 
 of a Republic. And in fa£t we do 
 not read either in the hiftory of the 
 Malatefla, Lords of Rimini, nor in that 
 of the Lords of Monte Feltro, or of 
 Rovere, nor finally in that of the Po- 
 pes that ever their jurifdidlions were 
 infringed or their liberties difturbed. 
 In the year 1738. the famous Cardi- 
 nal Alberoni, being Legate in Roma- 
 nia, attempted by violence and ftrata- 
 gem, leading his troops in perfon, to 
 deprive this unhappy people of their 
 ancient liberties. But they defended 
 themfelves and fuftained his afiaults 
 with fo much intrepidity, that the Car- 
 dinal was obliged to find fafety by flight. 
 And Pope Clement XII. not only difap- 
 
 ( 12 ) 
 
 verna con le proprle leggi , fenfa de- 
 pendenza alcana, ft pu'o dire , fino dalla 
 fua fondazione, onde ne bd acquijlato 
 il name di Republica. Ed in fatti 
 non ft legge nell’ ijloria de i Mala- 
 tejla Signori di Rimini , ne in quel- 
 la de i Signori di Monte Feltro, o' 
 della Rovere, ne fujpguentemente i 
 Papi , che rji abbiano gia mai tur- 
 bata la loro giurijdizione , e liberta. 
 nel MDCCXXXVIII. il famofo Car- 
 dinale Giulio Alberoni ejfendo Legato 
 della Romagna, pensb con Jlratagemi , 
 e violenze, portandovifi in perfona con 
 molti foldati, di fpogliare quejli in - 
 jelici popoli della loro antica liberta ; 
 ma ejji tanto cojlantcmente la difejero , 
 e la fojlenero, che convenne al Car- 
 dinale Alberoni di prendere follecita- 
 mente la fuga per porre in falvo la 
 fua vita, E il Pontefict Clemente XII, 
 
 cle, gouverne par fes propres loix, & 
 ayant maintenu fon independance de- 
 puis fa fondation. Audi s’eft-il acquis 
 par- la, le titre de Republique. Il eft 
 certain que nous ne trouvons pas dans 
 1 ’hiftoire des Malatefta, Seigneurs de 
 Rimini, ni dans celle des Seigneurs 
 de Monte Feltro, ou de Rovere, ni 
 aufli dans celle des Papes, que leur 
 jurifdidtion ni leur liberte aient jamais 
 ete enfreintes. En 1738. le fameux 
 Cardinal Alberoni, etant Legat dans 
 la Romanie, entreprit a la tete de fes 
 troupes, de depouiller cet infortune 
 peuple de fes anciennes libertes ; mais 
 il fe defendit fi vaillamment, & fou- 
 tint feS aflaults avec tant de courage, 
 que le Cardinal fe vit contraint d’a- 
 bandonner fon entreprife & de cher* 
 cher fon falut dans la fuite. Le Pape 
 Clement XII. non - feuleraent defa- 
 
proved the violent conduit of the Car- 
 dinal, which the inhabitants of St. 
 Marino took care to publifh in feveral 
 learned and elegant Manifeftoes, but 
 he all'o confirmed their liberties with a 
 Bull, and they ftill continue to enjoy in 
 tranquillity the effects of his clemency. 
 
 It would be fuperfluous in me to ex- 
 patiate upon the City of Rimini and 
 its antiquity, having been anticipated 
 in this by fo many writers as well an- 
 cient as modern. Thus for inftance its 
 amphitheatre, triumphal arc, its bridge, 
 and celebrated Temple of St. Francis, 
 built by Sigifmund Malatefta, together 
 with the famous river Rubicon, fo much 
 controverted at prefent. The triumphal 
 arch, with the bridge, its plan, eleva- 
 tion, and admeafurement, have been 
 lately publifh’d in a large folio, by Bo - 
 namici Architect of Rimini. 
 
 ( '3 ) 
 
 non folo difapprovo la condotta violen- 
 ta del Cardinale , mamf eflata al pu- 
 blico da que lli di San Marino con 
 varij dotti , ed eleganti manifejli ; ma 
 ancora confermb con Bolla la loro an - 
 tica liberta, che fieguono tranquilla- 
 mente a godere. 
 
 11 qui parlare della Cittd di Ri- 
 mini, e della fua anti chit a , farebbe 
 fuperjluOy trovandofi referita da tanti 
 ferittori ft antichi , che tnoderni j co- 
 me pure del fuo Anfiteatro, Arco 
 Trionfale , ponte , e celebre Tempio di 
 San Francefco fabricato da Sigifmon- 
 do Malatejla , e del famofo fiutne Ru- 
 bicone, tanto controverjo da i moder- 
 ni. L' Arco Trionfale, e il ponte con 
 la fua pianta , alzato, e mifure e Jlato 
 publicato ultimamente con gran dili- 
 genza dall ' Architetto Bonamici di Ri- 
 mini in magnifico foglio. 
 
 prouva la conduite du Cardinal, que 
 Ies habitans de St. Marino eurent foin 
 de publier dans plufieurs elegants Ma 
 nifeftes, mais il confirma aulfi leur li- 
 berte par une Bulle, St ils jouiflent 
 encore tranquillement des effets de fa 
 clemence. 
 
 Il feroit inutile de m’etendre ici fur 
 la ville de Rimini St fes antiquites, 
 ayant ete devance en cela par quantite 
 d’Ecrivains tant anciens que modernes, 
 comme aulfi fur fon amphiteatre, fon 
 arc de triomphe, fon pont, St fon fa- 
 meux temple de S. Francois, batit par 
 Sigifmund Malatefta, St fur la fameufe 
 riviere Rubicon tant contefte a prefent. 
 L’arc de triomphe, fon pont, plan, 
 elevation, St etendue, ont ete publie 
 depuis peu, avec la plus grande exacti- 
 tude, dans un large folio, par Bonamici , 
 Archite&e de Rimini. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 P E S A R CX 
 N°. III. 
 
 T He river which runs near the city 
 of Pefaro, and which is at prefent named 
 the Foglia, is commonly thought to have 
 been anciently called the Ifaurus. But 
 as Fabretti learnedly conceives, it was 
 called the P ifaurus, and the Pitini were 
 not called Pifaurenfe , but Ifaurenfe , as 
 is feen by an infcription quoted by the 
 learned Anibal, from the Abbot of 
 Oliviera, in his antiquities of PeJ'aro. 
 Pliny places the Pijaurum cum amne , 
 meaning the city Pefaro , with the Ri- 
 
 ( >s ) 
 
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 del Ponte alle mura 
 
 D i 
 
 P E S A R 0. 
 
 N°. III. 
 
 L flume che fcorre vicino alia Cit- 
 ta di Pefaro, e che in oggi fe chia- 
 ma Foglia, ft crede comunemente che 
 dag! antichi feoffee detto Ifauro : ma 
 come dottamente giudico il Fabretti 
 fit detto Pifauro, e che i Pitini non 
 furono detti Pifaurenfi, ma Ifaurenfi, 
 come dimoflra un ifcrizione riportata 
 dal dotto Annibale , degl' Abati Oli- 
 vieri nelle fue antichita di Pefaro. 
 Plinio pone nella IX. Regione d’ Ita- 
 lia Pifaurum cum amne, cioe 3 Pefaro 
 
 VUE 
 
 du Pont, pres des murs 
 
 D E 
 
 P E S A R O. 
 
 N°. III. 
 
 I-i A riviere qui pafle pres la ville de 
 Pefaro , & qui aujourd’hui fe nomme 
 Foglia , fe nommoit anciennement, fe- 
 lon Popinion commune, Ifaurus. Mais 
 le favant Fabretti penfe judicieufement 
 que fon nom etoit Pijaurus 3 & que les 
 Pitini ne fe nommoient pas Pifaurenfi, 
 mais Ifaurenfe , comme le demontre une 
 infcription citee par le favant Anibal, de 
 1’Abbe d’Oliviera, dans fes Antiquites 
 de Pefaro. Plines place le Pifaurum cum 
 amne , entendant par la la ville de Pefaro 
 
ver of that name in the IX. region of 
 Italy. And in fa£t if the name of the 
 river had been different from that of the 
 city, he would not have omitted mentio- 
 ning it. Siculus Flaccus exprefsly calls 
 it Pifauro , and thus alfo Aggeus Rubi- 
 cundus, conformable to whofe opini- 
 on is alfo that of Vicius Sequefter : 
 whence it is eafy to conje&ure, that 
 Lucan was conftrain’d by the meafure 
 of his verfe to write Jfauro for Pifauro. 
 
 Crufumius fzvift, and -with lapis joined , 
 Jfaurus. Pharf. ]Lib. 3. 
 
 Pefaro was a Roman Colony, Lu- 
 cius Sylla brought there a military Co- 
 lony, as did alfo Julius Crefar, and 
 Mark Antony. It was alfo a municipal 
 town, and not fwallowed as fome have 
 thought by an earthquake, but deftroy ’d 
 by Witigius King of the Goths, and re- 
 ftored by Belifarius, General of Jufti- 
 
 ( 16 ) 
 
 Col fume dell' iftejfo nome. Ed in 
 fatti fe il name del fume fcffe Jlato 
 diver/o da quello della Citta non ave- 
 rebbe tralafciato di dirlo. Siculo Flacco 
 exprejfamente lo cbiama Pifauro, e cost 
 yiggeo Robicondoy Confentanea a quejla 
 opinione e quella di Vitio Sequeflro ; 
 onde e facile il congetturare , che Lu- 
 cano cojiretto dal metro del verfo , 
 da Pifauro, Ifauro ne for mafic, di- 
 undo ; 
 
 II rapace Cruftumio, eon 1 ’ Ifauro 
 agl’ Ifapi congiunto. Farfal. Lib. 3. 
 
 Pefaro fu Colonia de Romani , e L. 
 Silla vi condufie una Colonia Milita- 
 te, come fecero parimente Giulio Ce- 
 fare , e M. Jntonio : fu ancora Mu 
 nicipio, non maj inghiottito dalla terra 
 per terremoto come alcuni hanno cre- 
 duto ; ma benfi fu dijlrutta da IPitige 
 Re ds Got hi , c rijlorata da Belifario 
 
 & la riviere de ce nom, dans la IX* e 
 Region de l’ltalie. Il eft certain que ft 
 la riviere eut eu un autre nom que la 
 ville, il en auroit aflurementfait men- 
 tion. Siculus Flaccus l’appelle exprefle- 
 menf Pifauro , & aufft Aggeus Rubi- 
 cundus a l’opinion duquel eft conforme 
 celle de Vicius Sequefter : d’ou il eft 
 aife de juger que Lucan pour la con. 
 ftrudion de ces vers, a ete oblige d’e- 
 crire Ifauro pour Pifauro. 
 
 Cruflumiumj j rapax, 6? junfhts If apis 
 Ifauro : Pharfal lib. 3. 
 
 Pefaro etoit une Colonie Romaine ; 
 Lucius Sylla y en introduifit une Mili- 
 taire, ainfi que Julius Caefar, & Marc 
 Antoine. C’etoit une ville municipal?, 
 non engloutie par un tremblement de 
 terre comme quelques-uns l'ont cru, 
 mais detruite par Witige Roi des Goths 
 & retablie par Bdifarius General de 
 
nian the Emperor. At prefent it is a 
 pleafant, and beautiful city with a good 
 fortrefs by the Sea fide, built by John 
 Sforza, and fortified by Francifco Ma- 
 ria, and Theobald dalla Rovere, Du- 
 kes of Urbino, and Princes of the City 
 in queftion. They have alfo built a 
 beautiful villa on a hill without the 
 city. Pefaro is adorned with beautiful 
 buildings, piazzas, churches, and mo- 
 nafteries. Without the walls of the 
 city is feen the villa of the Marquis 
 of Mofca, abounding in water, and 
 magnificent by its Palaces and gardens. 
 
 We enter the city by a bridge, ex- 
 preffed in the prefent view, thro which 
 paffes the river Foglia, to that gate of 
 the city which leads to Rimini ; and 
 here they will have it, that the country 
 of Piceno , other wife the Marca Anco- 
 uitana ends, and that here the Princi- 
 
 ( >7 ) 
 
 Generale di Glujliniano Imperatore. 
 Prefentemcnte e una vaga , e bella 
 
 Citta con bmna fortczza al lido del 
 mare fabbricata da Giovanni Sforza ; 
 e le fortificazioni da Francejco Ma- 
 ria , e Guidubaldo della Rovere Duchi 
 d' Urbino , c proprj Principi j che 
 fabbricarono ancora una fuperba villa 
 in un colie fuori della Citta. E Pe- 
 faro ornato di belle fabbriche , piaz ze, 
 chiefe, e Monajlerj. Fuori della Citta 
 e da vederft la villa del Marchefe Mofca 
 abbondante per le acque , e nobile per 
 i Palazzi, e Giardini. 
 
 Si pajfa un ponte per entrare in 
 Citta , , efprejfo nella prefente <v eduta , 
 fotto di cui pajfa il fume Foglia alia 
 porta di Pefaro che conduce a Rimi- 
 ni •, e qui ft vuole che termini il Pi- 
 ceno, o fa la Marca Anconitana, 
 e che incominci il Principi a dell' Emi- 
 C 
 
 l’Empereur Jufiinien. A prefent c’effc 
 une grande & belle ville, munie d’un 
 bon Fortdu cote de la Mer, batit par 
 Jean Sforza, & fortifie par Francois 
 Marie, & Theobal de Rovere, Dues 
 d’Urbino, & Princes de la ditte ville. 
 IIs ont auiTi batit fur une isle, hors de la 
 ville, un fort beau villa. Pefaro eft or- 
 ne de fuperbes batimens, places publi- 
 ques , Eglifes, & Monafieres. Hors les 
 murs de Pefaro on voit la villa du Mar- 
 quis de Mofca, abondante en eau, & 
 orne de Palais magnifiques, & de 
 Jardins fuperbes. 
 
 A l’entree de la ville l’on paffe fur un 
 pont reprefente dans la prefente pian- 
 che, fous lequel paffe la riviere Foglia , 
 l’on pretend qu’a la porte de Pefaro qui 
 conduit a Rimini, fe termine le pays de 
 Piceno ou autrement dit la Marca An- 
 conitana , & que la commence la Prin- 
 
pality of Emilia or Romania begins. 
 Pefaro is a rich and mercantile city, by 
 reafon of its maritime fituation, how- 
 ever the port is fmall and infecure; it is 
 of late adorned with agreable walks. 
 On the left of the City is the Caftle of 
 Nicolao, and four miles farther. Mount 
 1’ Ablate, placed on a high hill, with 
 a very fine profpedh 
 
 ( 18 ) 
 
 lia, o fia Romagna. E Pefaro ricca , 
 e mercantile Citta per la commodita 
 del Mare ; nondimeno il porto e picco- 
 lo , e mal ficuro , e ultimamente e Jlato a- 
 dornato con vaghi pajfeggi. A fmijlra 
 della Citta e il Cajlello di Niccolara, 
 e quattro miglia piu lontano Monte 
 1’ Abbate, pojlo in un alto colie di 
 bellijffima veduta , 
 
 cipaute d’ Emilia . Pefaro eft une ville 
 riche & marchande, par fa fituation 
 maritime ; cependant fon port eft petit 
 & fans force, mais elle eft ornee a pre- 
 fent de promenades fort agreables. Le 
 Chateau Nicolao eft fur la gauche de la 
 ville, & a quatre miles plus loin eft le 
 Mont P Abbate, qui etant fitue fur une 
 haute colline, a une tres-belle vue. 
 


 
 
 
 
 
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 VIEW 
 
 O F 
 
 The Port of SINIGAGLIA, 
 of MONTE d’ANCONA, 
 and the Cafa BRUGIATE. 
 
 N° IV. 
 
 N Eighbouring to Ancona, or in 
 other words, above that City, there 
 ftands a lofty Promontory, which juts 
 out into the Sea , commonly called 
 Monte cT Ancona, and feen at a great 
 diftance. It was formerly called the 
 Promontory of Cimmeria according to 
 Pliny. This Promontory is fo near the 
 Appenine Mountains, as to have indu- 
 ced fome to be of opinion that the 
 Appenines ended here, but apparently 
 
 V E D U T A 
 
 DEL 
 
 Porto di SINIGAGLIA , 
 del MONTE d'A NC ON A f 
 e Cafe B RUG 1 ATE. 
 
 N°. IV. 
 
 f^Icino ad Ancona , o fia fopra la 
 Citta medefima e un alto Promontorio , 
 che riguarda il mare , detto volgar - 
 mente il Monte d’Ancona, che fi vede 
 molto da iungi, Fii dag! antichi detto 
 Promontorio Cimmerio fecondo Plinio. 
 Egli e tanto vicino al Monte Appen- 
 nino quefo Promontorio , che ha da- 
 ta cagione ad alcuni di fcrivere che 
 qui finifca il detto Monte Appennino , 
 ma per'o fenxa ragione > auvegna 
 
 C 2 
 
 VUE 
 
 D U 
 
 Port de SINIGAGLIA, 
 du M O N T d’ANCONA, 
 
 & de la Cafa B R U G I A T E. 
 
 N°. I V. 
 
 D Ans le voifinage d’Ancona, ou 
 au deflus de la ville, il y a un Promon- 
 toire fort eleve qui fait face a la Mer, 
 & eft apper^u de fort loin, il eft com- 
 munement appelle Monte d' Ancona. 
 Il fe nommoit autrefois, felon Plines, 
 le Promontoire de Cimmerio. Ce Pro- 
 montoire eft ft pres des Montagnes' 
 Appenines, que plufieurs ont ete por- 
 te a croire, fans aucun fondement, 
 que ces Montagnes fe terminoient 
 
without foundation ; becaufe, if here, 
 as Pliny and Ptolemy write, Italy be- 
 gins to take its curvature, being thus 
 far divided into two parts by this moun- 
 tain, the country taking at this place 
 another turn, the mountain runs on 
 with it into the territories of Bruzij, 
 otherwife Calabria. Formerly on the 
 fummit of this mountain, flood the 
 temple of Venus, as Juvenal informs us, 
 at prefent it is occupied by a Monafle- 
 ry of Camaldolefian Monks. Beneath 
 this Promontory, on that fide where it 
 inclines to the fea, flands the ancient 
 city of Ancona which was called the 
 Doric city becaufe founded by the 
 Greeks. It was called Ancona from 
 the curvature or bending which the 
 mountain makes under which it is fi- 
 tuated. This is a rich and mercantile 
 city. Pliny, Strabo, and Solinus, and 
 
 ( =0 ) 
 
 che in quefo luogo ft piega /’ Ita- 
 lia, conforms fcrivono Plinio e To- 
 lomco , la quale e divifa infino d 
 quejlo luogo per mezzo del detio Mon- 
 te Appennino , che qui ancor egli pie- 
 gando, volt a verfo i Bruzj, o fia 
 la Calabria. Anticamente Jopra la 
 fommita di quejlo monte eravi, Je- 
 er ndo che dice Giovenale , il Tem- 
 pio di V mere ; adejjo vi e un Ere- 
 mo di Mcr.aci Camaldoleft ; fotto det- 
 to Promontori o, da quel lato dove 
 fi piega nel mare , vedeft l' anti- 
 
 ca Cittd d' Ancona , di fondazio- 
 ne Greca , detta Cittd Dorica. Fu 
 pojlo a quejla Cittd il norne d' An- 
 cona, per la curvatura , o fia pie- 
 gatura , che fa il detto monte. E 
 quefa Cittd ricca , e mercantile. 
 Parlando della Jua origine Str alone, 
 Plinio , e Solino , e tra i moderni 
 
 dans cet endroit la, Si que 1’Italie, fe- 
 lon ce que Pline Si Ptolome en ont 
 ecrit, commencoit ici, Si fe trouve di- 
 vifee en deux parties par cette monta- 
 gne, laquelle s’etend jufques dans le 
 territoire de Bruzij, ou autrement la 
 Calabre. Il y avoit anciennement fur le 
 fommet de cette montagne, un Tem- 
 ple de Venus, felon ce qu’en dit Ju- 
 venal, qui eft a prefent un Couvent de 
 Moines Camaldolefiens. Au deflous 
 de ce Promontoire, du cote de la mer, 
 eft fituee l’ancienne ville d’ Ancona, au- 
 trefois appellee la ville Dorique, pares 
 que les Grecs en avoient ete les fon- 
 dateurs. On l’a nommee Ancona 
 par rapport au penchant de la mon- 
 tagne qui la couvre & au-deflous de la- 
 quelle elle fe trouve fituee. C’eft une 
 ville riche Si marchande. Pline, Stra- 
 bo, Si Solinus, & au nonabre des Mo- 
 
among; the Moderns Saracini who 
 have given the hiftory of this place, all 
 gave it the name of the Greek City. 
 In the Port is to be feen the famous 
 triumphal arch of Trajan, very well 
 preferved ; and among the modern 
 buildings, is the Hofpital, a magnificent 
 Pile, and the new and large mole, 
 now building to render the harbour 
 more large and fecure. 
 
 Proceeding by the Sea fide along the 
 Strada Romana, the Cafa Brugiata 
 is feen, being an inn for travellers, 
 and a Poft houfe. Its walls are very 
 ftrong, to fecure it from Pirates, who 
 were accuftomed to make defcents 
 from fea to rob and make flaves of the 
 Pilgrims and pafiengers. It received the 
 name of Cafa Brugiata , or Burnt houfe, 
 from its being often burnt by the Cor- 
 fairs, and this was the occafion of its 
 
 ( ) 
 
 il Saracini , che ne han fatto Vijlo- 
 rJa, e tutti quejli la chiamano Citta 
 Greca. Nel Porto vi e il famofo 
 Area di Trajano molto ben conferva - 
 to ; E di fabbriche moderne e da 
 vederfi il Lazzeretto di magnijica 
 architettura , e il nuovo e largo molo y 
 che ft fabbrica prefentemente per ren- 
 dere pin ftcuro , e piu amplo il fuo 
 porto. 
 
 Camminando preffo il lido del Ma- 
 re per la Strada Romana ft fcorge 
 Cafa Brugiata, che e un ojleria 
 con la pofla , e le fue mura fono 
 molto forti , accioche p.a flcura da i 
 pirati di mare , che folevano qui feen- 
 dere per rulbare e far fchiavi i 
 pellegrini , e paffaggieri. Ella fie coft 
 denominata per efjere flata pile volte 
 abbrugiata da i detti corfari , che 
 fbligarono di infabbricarla in maniera 
 
 dernes Saracini, qui en ont ecrit 1’hi- 
 ftoire, lui donnent tous le norn de 
 ville Greque. L’on voit fur fon pent 
 le fameux Arc de Triomphe de Tra- 
 jan, conferve avec foin, & entre Ks 
 batimens modernes, un fuperbe Ho- 
 pital ; & le grand & large mole qu’on 
 fait acluellement, afin d’elargir Pen- 
 tree du Port, & qu'on puifle y abor- 
 der avec plus de furcte. 
 
 En pouifuivant le long de la Mcr, 
 par la Strada Romana, Ton voit la 
 Cafa Brugiata , qui eft la pofte, & 
 une hotelerie pour les voyageurs. Ses 
 murs font tres-forts, afin de la garan- 
 tircontre les attaques des Pirates qui y 
 faifoient des defeentes pour piller les 
 Pelerins & les p (Pagers, & les faire 
 efclaves. Les Corfaircs y ayant mis le 
 feu plufieurs fois, elle fut nominee Cafa 
 Brugiata , ou maifon brulee, & rebatie 
 
being built more ftrongly, in order to 
 refill any hoftile attack. 
 
 Still keeping by the Sea fide, four 
 miles beyond the Cafa Brugiata, we 
 come to Sinigaglia, mentioned by Cato, 
 Antoninus, Pomponius Mela, Pliny, 
 and others, it was formerly called Se- 
 nogallia , Senagallia , or Senegallia , for- 
 med from the word Seno Galli, or 
 Galli Senones. The Galli Senones 
 being conquered by Publius Dolabella, 
 were made a Roman Colony. The ri- 
 ver Mirfa which defeends from the Ap- 
 penines, wafhes the walls of the city 
 on the Weft. This City is famous for 
 the great fair which is held here in the 
 month of July, at which is colledted 
 the principal merchandife of Italy, 
 Germany, and Sclavonia. At prefent 
 the port and city are adorned with new 
 and magnificent buildings. From this 
 
 ( 22 ) 
 
 pi it forte , e da poter refijlere agli a[- 
 falti tiemici. 
 
 Seguitando il lido del mare , pajfata 
 la Cafa Brugiata doppo quaitro mi- 
 glia ritrovafi Sinigaglia , rammen- 
 tata da Catone , Antonina, Pomponio 
 Mela , Plinio ed altri , detta antica- 
 mente Senogallia, Senagallia, e Se- 
 negallia fabbricata da i Seno Galli , 
 o Galli Sennoni. Vinti da Publio Do- 
 labelia i detti Galli Sennoni fu fatta 
 Colonia de Romani. Bagna le mura 
 di quejla Citta dall' Occidente il Fiu- 
 me Mi fa che feende dall' Apennino . 
 E celebre quejla Citta per la gran 
 Fiera che ft vi fa nel mefe di Lu- 
 glio , ove concorrono tutte le mercanzie 
 dell' Italia , Germania , e Schiavonia. 
 Adejfo fi e nobilitato il porto , e la 
 Citta con nuove , e magnifehe fabbri- 
 che . Da quejlo punto , fectndo Poli- 
 
 plus forte, pour la garantlr des atta- 
 ques imprevues de l’ennemi. 
 
 En continuant le long de la Mer, a 
 quatre miles de la Cafa Brugiata, l’on 
 arrive a Sinigaglia , mentionne par 
 Cato, Antoninus, Pomponius Mela, 
 PJine & autres. Il fe nommoit an- 
 ciennement Senogallia , Senagallia , ou 
 Senegallia , qui derive de Seno Galli, 
 ou Galli Sennones. Les Galli Sennones 
 etant vaincu par Publius Dolabella, 
 devinrent une Colonie Romaines. La 
 riuiere Mifa qui defeend des Appenines, 
 baigne les murs de cette villedu cote de 
 l’Occident. Cette ville eft renommee 
 par la Foire qui s’y tient au mois de 
 Juillet, ou fe trouvent toutes les princi- 
 pals marchandifes d’ltalie, d’Alema- 
 gne, & de la Sclavonic. Prefentement 
 le Port & la Ville font orne de batimens 
 neufs & magnifiques. C’eft ici que fe- 
 
place, according to Politian, that Gallia 
 Cifalpina begins, with its extenfive 
 plains, divided by the great river Po> 
 and extending to the Alps in Savoy. 
 The view here given which difcovers 
 all the places already defcribed, is ta- 
 ken from the Strada Romana, a little 
 beyond Sinlgaglia on the way to Rome. 
 
 ( 23 ) 
 
 bio comincia la Gallia Cifalpina con 
 le fue vajle pianure divife dal gran 
 fume Po, che ejlendonfi fmo alle 
 Alpi della Savoia. La prefente ve- 
 duta che fcuopre tutti quefti luoghi 
 da me defcritti e nella Strada Ro- 
 mana paffato di poco Sinigaglia verfo 
 Roma, 
 
 Ion Politien, que commence le Gallia 
 Cifalpina , avec fes vaftes plaines, di- 
 vife par la grande riviere Po, s’eten- 
 dant jufques aux Alpes en Savoye, 
 Cette vue, d’ou 1’on decouvre toutes 
 les places mentionnees ci-deflus, eft 
 prife de la Strada Romana, pas loin de 
 Sinigaglia, fur la route de Rome. 
 


 
 
 
 \ 
 
A 
 
 VIEW 
 
 O F 
 
 LORETTO, 
 at a diftance. 
 
 Authors ’mill have it that this City takes its name 
 from the word Allori Lawrels, which were found 
 growing on this hill upon the firft founding the 
 City. It is three miles from the Gulf of Venice ; 
 15 from Ancona, 25 from Per mo, and 1 30 
 from Rome . Long. 31, 25. Lat. 43, 24. 
 
 N 9 . V. 
 
 T His View is taken from the Stra- 
 ta Romana three miles from Loretto. 
 Between the city Recanati, and the 
 Adriatic Sea, not far from the river 
 Mufone, the city of Loretto appears 
 upon an high hill, where is a magni- 
 
 ( 25 ) 
 
 V E D U T J 
 in lontananza 
 
 D I 
 
 LORETO; 
 
 Vogliono i Autori che il fuo nome fia dirivato 
 dagli Allori, che prima della fondazlone della 
 citta coronavono, quefto ameniflimo colie 3 mi- 
 glia dal Golfo di Venezia, 15 d’ Ancona, 
 23 da Fermo, 130 da Roma. Long. 31, 
 25. Lat. 43, 24, 
 
 N°. V, 
 
 IJeJia veduta e prefa dalla Strada 
 Romana tre miglia diftante da Loreto. 
 Tra la Citta di Recanati , e il mare 
 Adriatico , non lontano dal jiume Mu- 
 fone, ft vede [opr a un alto colie la Citta 
 di Loreto j ove confervafi un augiflo 
 
 D 
 
 VUE 
 
 D E 
 
 L O R E TT E, 
 
 de loin. 
 
 Let Auteurs pretendent quo cettt Ville tire fon Origins 
 du mot Allori, qui fut trouve fur cette Col- 
 line lorfqu on y jetta les fendemcns dc cette Ville, 
 qui eft a la dijlanct de 3 miles du Gofe de 
 Venife. 15 d' Ancona. 25 de Fermo. 
 
 130 de Rome. Long. 31, 25. Lat. 43, 24. 
 
 N°. V. 
 
 CEtte Vue eft prife de la Strada 
 Romana, atrois miles deLorette j en* 
 tre la ville Recanati, & la mer Adria- 
 tique, a peu de diftance de la riviere 
 Mufone. La ville de Lorette eft fituee 
 fur une haute Colline ou il y a uue ma- 
 
ficent Church dedicated to the Holy 
 Virgin, built fo early as the times of 
 Innocent VIII. beautified with marble, 
 and fine fculptures, precious furni- 
 tures, and immenfe riches. The place 
 is furrounded with ftrong and thick 
 walls, and otherwife fortified. Tho’ 
 that city lies in the diocefe of Recanati, 
 yet notwithftanding it is exempted from 
 the jurifdidtion of the Bifhop of that 
 place, and is entirely dependant upon 
 a Governor fent from Rome, and a 
 congregation of Roman Prelates, of 
 whom the Cardinal Secretary of State 
 for the time being, is the head. 
 
 Here is no other church than the 
 great Temple, and tho’ Priefts, 
 Religious, and Convents are here in 
 great abundance, yet they are all 
 obliged to fay Mats in this alone. This 
 Temple has a large revenue, which is 
 
 ( 26 ) 
 
 Tempio dedlcato alia B. V. incomin- 
 
 ciato firio dal tempo del Pontefice Inno- 
 cenzio VIII. ricchijjimo di marmi ed 
 eccellenti Jculture, Come di prezioft ar- 
 redi, e immenfe ricchezze. E il luogo 
 circondato di grojfe, e forti mura, ed 
 ha alcuni fortini. Benche il luogo 
 
 fia della Dioceji di Recanati , do non 
 ojlante e difmembrato dalla giurifdi - 
 
 zione di quel Vefcovoy e depende in 
 tutto da un Prelato Governatore man - 
 dato da Rome 7, e da una Congrega- 
 zione di Prelati in Roma, della quale 
 ne e capo il Cardinale Segretario di 
 Stato. 
 
 Non vi e in queflo luogo altra Chiefa 
 che quejlo gran “Tempio , e benche ci 
 fiano molti Preti , Religiofi e Convent i, 
 ci'o non ojlante tutti fono obligati di 
 dire la Mejfa in quejla Chiefa. Ha 
 il Tempio grofje r indite, con le quali 
 
 gnifique Eglife dediee a la Ste, Vierge, 
 batie fous le regne du Pape Innocent 
 VIII. embellies de marbre, de belles 
 fculptures, d’ornemens precieux, & de 
 richefTcs immenfes. Cette place eft for- 
 tifiee avec de hautes & fortes murailles. 
 Quoique cette ville foit fituee dans le 
 Diocefe de Recanati, elle eft cependant 
 exempte de la jurifdidtion de l’Eveque 
 de cette place, & depend totalement 
 d’un Prelat, envoye de Rome en 
 qualite de Gouverneur, & d'une Con- 
 gregation de Prelats Remains, a la 
 tete de laquelle eft le Cardinal Secre* 
 taire d’Etat. 
 
 Ce magnifique Temple eft la feule 
 Eglife qu’il y ait dans cette place, ou 
 il y a un grand nombre de Pretres, Re- 
 ligieux, & Couvents, qui font tous obli- 
 ge de dire la Mefle dans cette Eglife. 
 Ce Temple a des revenus fuffifans 
 
Efficient not only to fupply whatever 
 is neceflary for its repairs, and the 
 maintenance of the Minifters and 
 other Officers, but alfo to fupport its 
 chapter of Canons, and religious Pe- 
 nitents, together with a Choir, and 
 particularly a Governor, who has here 
 a beautiful palace finely furnifh’d, with 
 fervices of plate, and a competent fa- 
 lary, being obliged to entertain all the 
 Cardinals and other perfons of diftin- 
 £lion, who travel thro’ this place, or 
 come hither thro* devotion. This Tem- 
 ple keeps for its fervice, a very nu- 
 merous body of clergy, and fome 
 colleges of foreign nations. The coun- 
 try is well provided with Inns and Ta- 
 verns for the accommodation of tra- 
 vellers and pilgrims, of whom there i 
 generally the greateft concourfe in Au- 
 tumn and the beginning of Spring. 
 
 ( 2 7 ) 
 
 non fob e fupplito a tutto cio che e 
 necejfario per mantenimento del tne- 
 defimoy e fuoi minijlriy e ujficiali ; 
 ma ancora il Capitolo de' Canonici, 
 i Religio/t Penitenzieri, e una fcel- 
 ta mufica ; e di tutto punto il Gover- 
 natore., che ha un hel palazzo molto 
 ben mobiliatOy con argenteria , e fcu- 
 deria necejfaria ; ejfendo obligato di 
 alloggiare tutti i Cardinally e altri 
 infigni Perfonaggiy che pajfano di 
 Idy o che vi vanno per loro devozio- 
 ne. Tiene quejlo Tempio per fuo ufo 
 un Clero ajfai numerofoy e alcuni 
 Collegj di nazioni forefliere. 11 paefe 
 e ripieno di ojleriey e alberghi ajfai 
 comodi per alloggiare Forajlieriy e 
 Pellegriniy cle' quali ven' e il mag- 
 gior concorfo nella primaveray e nell’ 
 autunno « Ne pajfa Forajliere di 
 qualunqug conditions egli ft a, che 
 
 D 2 
 
 non feulement pour fuppleer £ fes re- 
 parations, Sc a l’entretient de fes Mi- 
 niftres Sc autres Officiers, mais auffi 
 pour fupporter fon Chapitre de Cha- 
 noines, les Religieux Penitens, Sc un 
 Coeur de mufique, Sc particulierement 
 fon[Gouverneur qui a un fuperbe Palais, 
 magnifiquement meuble, Sc fervi tout 
 en argenterie ; avec un ample revenu, 
 etant oblige de recevoir tous les Car- 
 dinaux, Sc autres perfonnes de diftin- 
 £tion qui paflent par cette ville, ou qui 
 y viennent par devotion. L’on main- 
 tient un Clerge nombreux pour faire Ie 
 fervice de cette Eglife, Sc auffi quelques 
 Colleges de nations etrangeres. Le 
 pays eft bien pourvu d’hoteleries, pour 
 la commodite des voyageurs Sc des 
 Pelerins dont il y a un grand con- 
 cours en Automne Sc au commence- 
 ment du Printems, Tous les voyageurs 
 
Travellers of whatfoever condition they 
 happen to be, going to Rome, always 
 flop to admire this noble Temple and 
 its magnificent contents, being at the 
 fame time delighted with the agreable 
 fituation of the City, and its beautiful 
 view of the Sea, 
 
 ( 28 > 
 
 vodia a Roma , che non njoglia vo- 
 der ed ammirare quejlo gran Tem- 
 pio , e le fue magnificence ; e che non 
 ojfervi nel medefimo tempo la fua gra- 
 ziofa fituazioney t la fua hell a ve- 
 data del Mare, 
 
 qui vont a Rome, de quelle condi- 
 tion qu’ils foient, ne manquent pas 
 de s’arreter ici pour admirer ce beau 
 Temple & fa magnificence, & font 
 en meme-tems charme de I’agreable 
 fituation de cette Ville, & de fon beau 
 coup d’ceil fur la Mer, 
 

 
( 2 9 ) 
 
 A 
 
 VIEW 
 
 O F 
 
 THE CITY 
 
 TOLENTINO, 
 from the Porta Romana. 
 
 N°. VI. 
 
 * i ^ Olentino, which fhares the Ca- 
 thedral See with Macerata, is a very 
 ancient City. The Tolentinati are fre- 
 quently mentioned by Pliny. Before 
 we enter the gate oftheCity,which is of 
 Gothic ftru&ure, the Strada Romana 
 takes a turn palling by 1 'Aranda, for- 
 merly a Caftle of fome ftrength, and at 
 prefent in the poffeifion of the family of 
 Varam , Lords of Camerino. Sanvicino 
 a lofty and pointed mountain is feen 
 
 V E D U T A 
 
 DELLA c I rr A 
 D I 
 
 TOLENTINO, 
 dalla Porta Romana . 
 
 N\ V 1 . 
 
 T* Olentino Citta concatedrale con Ma- 
 cerata , e luogo molto antico ; leggen- 
 doft in Plinio rammentati i popoli To- 
 lentinati. Prima di entrare dentro la 
 porta di quejla Citta di Jlruttura Go- 
 tica , volta la Strada Romana pajfan- 
 do per /’ Arancia, in oggi tenuta, ed 
 una volta forte Cajlello della famiglia 
 Varani, Signori di Camerino . Vedeft 
 in lontananza il monte Sanvicino 
 (ht # molto alto , ed agu%%o % E To - 
 
 VUE 
 
 DE LA VILLE 
 D E 
 
 TOLENTINO, 
 
 a la Porta Romana. 
 
 N°. V I. 
 
 T Olentino, qui partage Ie Siege de 
 fa Cathedrale avec Macerata, eft une 
 ville fort ancienne. PJine fait fouvent 
 mention des Tolentins. Pres la porte 
 de la ville, qui eft d’une conftruclion 
 Gothique, la Strada Romana fait un 
 detour, & va pafler a 1 'Arancia, chateau 
 anciennement fortifie, & dont la famille 
 des Varani Seigneurs de Camerino, eft 
 en pofleflion. L’on apper^oit de Join 
 la haute montagne de Sanvicino. 
 
from hence at a difiance. Tolentino is 
 diftant from Loretto XXX. miles, and 
 XU. from Macerata. The city is po- 
 pulous, well fupplied, and furrounded 
 with various landslips, and little towns. 
 It was formerly defended by a fortrefs 
 now almoft demolifh’d, and has pro- 
 duced feveral great men remarkable in 
 letters and arms. Among the number 
 we fhould not omit mentioning Phi- 
 lelphus a celebrated writer of the XV. 
 Century, who tranflated many of the 
 Greek Clafiicks into Italian. The in- 
 habitants are very proud of having had 
 him among the number of their fellow 
 citizens, and befide his effigy in mar- 
 ble with a pompous infeription, erefled 
 in the publick town houfe, they fhew 
 Grangers the fword and other memorials 
 of this great man. His brother and fon 
 were both equally learned with hitnfelf. 
 
 ( 3 ° ) 
 
 lentino lontano da Loreto miglia XXX. 
 e da Macerata miglia XII. La Citta 
 e popolata , ed abbondante ; circonda- 
 ta da varie Terre, e Cajlelli. Era 
 guardata da un' antica Rocca, in oggi 
 mezzo dirut a ; ed ha predotto molti 
 uomini infigni in lettere , ed armi : 
 tra i quali non e da tralafciarft il 
 Filelfo celebre Letterato del fecolo XV' 
 che tradujje molti clajjici Autori dal- 
 la Greca nell' I tali aria favella. Vd 
 quejla Citta cost fajloja di aver pro- 
 dotto quejlo Letterato , che oltre il fuo 
 ritratto in marmo con bell' elogio, 
 che gli fit eretto nel publico Palazzo 
 da i fuoi Magijlrati , moftrano a i 
 forajlieri la fua fpada , e altre me- 
 
 morie di quejlo Letterato ; di cuj 
 non meno furono dotti il Figlioj ed 
 il Fratello, 
 
 Tolentino eft a XXX. miles de Loret- 
 te, & a XII. de Macerata. La ville eft 
 fort peuplee, bien pourvue, & entour- 
 ree de divers pai’fages & de petites vil- 
 les ; elle etoit autrefois garde par un 
 fort qui eft a prefent demoli, & elle a 
 produit plufieurs grands hommes re- 
 marquables dans les lettres 5 1 dans les 
 armes, entre lefquels nous mentionne- 
 rons Philelphus celebre Ecrivain du 
 XV. Siecle, qui a traduit plufieurs claf- 
 ftcal livres Grecs en Italien. Les Ha- 
 bitans de cette ville fe glorifient beau- 
 coup de l’avoir eu au nombre de leurs 
 Citoyens, & outre fon effigie en marbre 
 ornee d’un eloge pompeux, erigee dans 
 PHotel de ville, ils montrent auffi aux 
 etrangers l’epee, Si autres memorials de 
 ce grand homme. L’on rapporte que 
 fon frere & fon fils eurent un favoir 
 egal au fien. 
 

 
 
 
 - 1 
 
 
 
 
 • i . 4 
 
 
 
 
another 
 
 VIEW 
 
 OF THE CITY 
 O F 
 
 TOLENTINO. 
 
 N°. VII. 
 
 # T > He City of Tolentino being built 
 upon high and craggy rocks, in order 
 to render it ftronger, the view on this 
 fide has at once a mixture of the awful 
 
 and pleafing. On this fide alfo is feen 
 the lofty mountain of Sanvicino. This 
 
 city as we have already obferved, has 
 given birth to Francis Philelphus, but 
 what renders it more famous, is, the Bo- 
 dy of S. Nicolas, of the Order of S. Au- 
 guftine, and furnamed Tolentini, from 
 his native City, which is depofited in a 
 
 ( 31 ) 
 
 ALT R A 
 
 V E D U r A 
 
 DELLA MEDESIMA C ITT A 
 D I 
 
 TOLENTINO. 
 
 N°. VII. 
 
 A quejla parte fi vede la Citta 
 di Tolentino per renderla piu forte ef- 
 fere Jlata fabbruata fopra alti , e di- 
 rupati fcogli , cbe fanno orrida, e 
 nell' itefjo tempo dilettevole veduta. 
 Ancora da quejla parte Jcoprefi /’ al- 
 to monte Sanvicino, In quejla Citta , 
 come diffi poc' anzi forti i fuoi na- 
 tali Francefco Filelfo. Ma cib che 
 rende celebre la Citta fopra di ogni 
 altra cofa e il Corpo di San Nicola , 
 deli ’ ordine di Sant Agojlino t detto 
 
 AUTRE 
 
 VUE 
 
 DE LA VILLE 
 D E 
 
 TOLENTINO, 
 
 N°. VII. 
 
 I a A Ville de Tolentino etant batie 
 fur des rochers hauts & efcarpes pour la 
 rendre plus forte, fon afpedt de ce cote, 
 donne cn meme terns de lafrayeur & du 
 plaifir. L’on decouvre anfli de ce cote, 
 la montagne de Sanvicino. Daiis-cette 
 Ville naquit Francois Philelphus, com- 
 ine nous l’avons deja remarque; mais 
 ce qui la rend encor plus celebre, c’eft 
 le Corps de S. Nicolas, furnomme To- 
 lentin, de l’ordre de St. Auguftin, le- 
 quel eft depofe dans une noble & riche 
 
 \ 
 
rich and noble Church belonging to 
 his order. He was canonized in the 
 year 1646. on the 8th of June, by Po- 
 pe Eugenius IV, and it is faid that 
 never was a canonization performed 
 with greater folemnity, the Pope 
 walking in proceffion with the ut- 
 moft pomp and magnificence from 
 the Monaftery of St. Auguftine, to 
 the Bafilica in the Vatican. Lello 
 Petronio in his manufcript memoirs 
 preferved in the Vatican, thus defcri- 
 bes the proceffion. “ The ftreets 
 ,, were covered in honour of St. Ni- 
 ,, colas, with cloth of Gold, velvet 
 ,, and tapeftry, and all beautified from 
 ,, St. Aguftine’s to the holy Church. 
 ,, Jt was fuppofed that the money 
 ,, which the Auguftine Friars expen- 
 ,, ded upon that occafion amounted 
 „ to more than five thoufand Ducat$.” 
 
 ( 3 2 ) 
 
 da Tolentino fua p atria , che ripofa in 
 una ricca, e nobile chiefa del fuo ordine. 
 Fu quejli afcritto nel catalogo de i Santi 
 da Eugenio IF. Pontefice nell ’ anno 
 MDCXLVI. agl’ Fill, di Giugno : * 
 quefla dicono fojfe la Canonizazione cbe 
 fojfe mai Jlata fatta con piu grande fo - 
 lennita ; andando il Papa in gran ma- 
 gnificenza ed apparato a celebrare la 
 funzione procejfionalmente da Sant Ago- 
 Jlino alia Bafilica Faiicana. Lello Pe- 
 tronio ne i fuoi Diarij manofcritti in 
 antica lingua Romanefea , cbe fi confer- 
 vano nella Biblioteca Faticana , cost ne 
 dej'crive l' apparato : “ Per lo amore 
 „ di detto San Nicola furono coperte , ed 
 ,, adornate le frade di dr appi d'oro , e 
 „ di velluto , e di lana ; e mandate tutte 
 ,, le frade da S. Agofino fino a Santo 
 ,, Ciclfo , e fimato fue , che la fpefa cbe 
 „ fero li Frati di Sant Agofino valejfe 
 
 Eglife, qui appartient a fon Ordre. 
 II fut canonife le 8 de Juin en 1646. 
 par le Pape Eugenius IV. L’on rap- 
 porte que jamais Canonization ne fut 
 faite avec plus de folemnite : le Pape 
 marchant en proceffion avec la plus 
 grande pompe, depuis le Monaftere 
 de St. Auguftin, jufqu’a la Bafilique 
 dans le Vatican. Lello Petronio dans 
 fes manufcripts qui font conferves 
 avec foin dans la Bibliotheque du 
 Vatican, en fait ainfi la defcription : 
 ,, Les rues etoient couvertes a l’hon- 
 ,, neur de Saint Nicolas, de draps 
 ,, d’or, de velours, & de tapifteries 
 ,, de haute lice, & toutes etoient or- 
 ,, nees depuis le Couvent de S. Au- 
 ,, guftin, jufqu’a la Sainte Eglife. 
 ,, L’on pretend que la depenfe que les 
 ,, Auguftins firent dans cette occafion, 
 ,, fut au defius de cinq mille Ducats.’* 
 
Befides what this contemporary Au- 
 thor has faid, Eugenius IV. has pre- 
 ferved the memory of this folemnity 
 by a medal, which I have mentioned 
 in my treatife on the medals of the 
 Popes. 
 
 ( 33 ) 
 
 ,, oltre cinque milia ducat! Oltre cio 
 che dice quejlo Autore fmcrono , Conser- 
 ve) la memoria di quejla funzione Eu- 
 genio IV. in fua medaglia da me refe- 
 rita nella mia opera dells me do gt is de 
 i Papi. 
 
 E 
 
 
 Outre ce qu’en a dit cet Auteur con- 
 temporin, Eugenius IV. a conlerve 
 la memoire de cette folemnifation, 
 par une medaille dont j’ai fait men- 
 tion dans mon traite des medaiiles des' 
 Papes. 
 

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( 35 ) 
 
 A 
 
 VIEW 
 
 OF THE 
 
 CASTLE 
 
 O F 
 
 serravalle. 
 
 N«. VIII. 
 
 IS Eyond Fuligno the Via Flaminia 
 begins to rife amongft high and fteep 
 hills, until we come to a place called 
 Palo , where are paper-mills, and a 
 noble palace of the Marquis Elifei of 
 Fuligno, from one of whofe apart- 
 ments there is a paflage to a grotto, 
 formed by nature in the middle of an 
 adjoining mountain, abounding with 
 various produ&ions of Stalafiidi , or 
 marble concretions, of admirable ftruc- 
 
 V E D U T J 
 
 DEL 
 
 CASTELLQ 
 
 D 1 
 
 SERRAVALLE. 
 N°. Vlll. 
 
 P 
 
 * Affato Fuligno comincia la Via 
 Flaminia a falire per alti , e diru- 
 pati colli fino al luogo detto Palo, ove 
 fono delle cartiere , e un nobile pa- 
 lazzo del Mar chef e Elifei di Fuligno , 
 da uno de i di cui appartamenti ft 
 entra in una grotta for mat a dalla na- 
 tura nelle vifcere del monte , che gli 
 Jla appreftOy dove ft vedono varie pro- 
 duzioni di Stala&idi, o concrezioni 
 marmmne d' ammirabile naturale la - 
 E 2 
 
 VUE 
 
 D U 
 
 CHATEAU 
 
 D E 
 
 SERRAVALLE; 
 
 N°. VIII. 
 
 A U de-la de Fuligno, le Via Fla- 
 minia commence a s’elever entre de$ 
 collines hautes & efcarpees, jufqu’a 
 une place nommee Palo , ou il y a ua 
 moulin a papier & eft fitue le beau cha- 
 teau du Marquis Elifei de Fuligno, a 
 travers un des appartemens duquel, il y 
 a un paflage qui conduit a une grotte 
 formee par la nature, dans le milieu 
 d’une montagne voifine, qui produit 
 une grande quantite de Stalaftidi, ou’ 
 
ture. The firft caftle we fee on thofe 
 mountains on the other fide of Fuli- 
 gno is called Capo d’ acqua , fo deno- 
 minated from a fountain of very clear 
 W 2 ter, the fource of a river which runs 
 into the Topino. A little higher 
 ftands the caftle of Colfiorito near a 
 Jake of the fame name, whence iflues 
 a rivulet that runs likewife into the 
 Topino near Fuligno. This lake Is 
 wholly furrounded with high moun- 
 tains, among which ftands the famous 
 caftle of Santa Anatolia, in the terri- 
 tory of Camerino. 
 
 From Colfiorito you go to the caftle 
 of Serravalle, which is entirely in ruins, 
 as it is exprefted in the prefent view, 
 taken from the lower part of the Via 
 'Fla mini a, This caftle is called Serra • 
 
 ( 36 ) 
 
 voro. 11 prirno Cajlello che tra quejli 
 tnonti s’ incontra fopra Fuligno fi chia- 
 ma Capo d’ Acqua, cost denominato 
 da una fontana , cbe qui nafce di 
 cbiariffima aequo, dalla quale forge un 
 fume, cbe dopo poco feendendo entra nel 
 Topino. Poco piu in alto falendofi fi trova 
 il Cajlelio di Colfiorito, cbe e vicino a’ 
 un piccolo la go detto ancor ejfo di Colfio- 
 rito, da cui efee un rufcelletto, cbe ancor 
 egli sbocca nel Topino apprejfo Fuligno j 
 fono intorno a quejlo logo da ogni banda 
 monti altiffimi, tra i quali glace Sant’ 
 Anatolia, rinomato Cajlello, foggetto al 
 territorio della Cittd di Camerino. 
 
 Da Colfiorito ft paffa al cajlello di 
 Serravalle, ajfatto diruto, cbe e efpref- 
 fo nella prefente veduta, prefa dalla 
 parte piu baffa della via Flaminia. E 
 quejlo cajielloy detto di Serravalle, per che 
 
 marbre de differentes couleurs, d’une 
 admirable ftrudlure. Le premier cha- 
 teau que 1’on apper^oit fur ces monta- 
 gnes, de l’autre cote de Fuligno, s’ap- 
 pelle Capo d * acqua, lequel prend fon 
 nom d’une fontaine d’ou fort une eau 
 tres-claire, qui eft la fource d’une Ri- 
 viere qui fe jette enfuite dans le Topino. 
 Un peu plus haut eft fitue le chateau 
 de Colfiorito, aupres d’un lac du mem# 
 nom, d’ou fort un ruifleau qui fe jett# 
 auffi dans le Topino, aupres de Fuli- 
 gno. Ce lac eft tout environne d« 
 hautes montagnes, entre lefquelles eft 
 fitue le fameux chateau d e Santa Ana- 
 tolia dans le territoire de Camerino. 
 
 De Colfiorito vous allez au chateaji 
 de Serravalle, lequel eft tout en rui- 
 nes, comme il eft reprefente dans la 
 prefente vue, prife depuis la plus bafle 
 partie du via Flaminia ; cc chateau 
 
valle i becaufe here are the narrow val- 
 lies of the Appenine, thro* which muft 
 neceflarily pafs thofe who go to Rome, 
 either from Camerino or from Loreto. 
 It is faid that one part of the rain 
 from the roof of this caftle runs into 
 the province of Umbria, and the other 
 part into that of the Marca d’ Ancona. 
 Before you arrive at Serravalle is a place 
 called Piorico , where is made the beft 
 paper in the Papal dominions, and ef- 
 pecially the cedules or bank-notes, which 
 pafs as current money throughout the 
 Pope’s dominions. 
 
 ( 37 ) 
 
 quivi fono le frettijfime foci dell ’ Appen- 
 nino , per le quali fa necefariamente me -* 
 fieri di paffare a quelli che o da Came- 
 rino , o da Loreto vogliono andare verfo 
 Roma. Dicef che i tetti delle cafe del 
 cafello di Serravalle da una parte fo- 
 il no le loro acque piovane nelP Umbria, 
 e dall’ altra nella provincia della Marca 
 d’ Ancona, ejfendo quefo il termine di- 
 viforio di quefe due provincie. Pri- 
 ma di arrivare a Serravalle fi trova il 
 luogo , detto Piorico ove ft fabbrica la 
 miglior carta dello fato del Papa , e le 
 cedole bancali , che hanno corfo di mo- 
 net a per tut to lo fato Pont if do, ft fab- 
 bricano in quefo luogo , 
 
 fe nomme Serravalle , parce que c’eft 
 ici la vallee la plus etroite de 1’Ape- 
 nin, par ou il faut necefiairement que 
 paffentceux qui vont depuis Camerino, 
 ou depuis Loreto a Rome. L’on rap- 
 porte qu’une partie des pluyes qui de- 
 pendent du toit de ce chateau, s’e- 
 tend dans la province d 'Umbria, Sc 
 l’autre partie dans celle de Marca d' An- 
 cona. Avant d’arriver a Serravalle , il 
 y a un endroit appelle Piorico , ou il 
 fe fabrique le meilleur papier qu’il y ait 
 dans le territoire du Pape, fur-tout les 
 cedules , ou lettre de change, qui paf- 
 fent pour argent courant dans tous les 
 Etats du Pape. 
 
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 VIEW 
 of the Valley 
 
 o F 
 
 SPOLETTO, 
 and the Mountain 
 D I S O M M A. 
 
 N°. IX. 
 
 IF^Fynnd Spoletto the high mountains 
 of Norcia appears, and the river To- 
 rino runs to the foot of the Hill on 
 which that city is built. Here lies 
 an extcnfive champain, divided by 
 vales and rivulets, in fuch a manner 
 that this plain which is called by 
 the general name of the Spoletan 
 valley , is reckoned one of the molt 
 
 V E DUT A 
 
 della Valle 
 
 D I 
 
 SPOLETO, 
 
 e della Montagna 
 D I S O M M A. 
 
 N°. 1 X. 
 
 vedono da queflaparte pajjato Spo - 
 letole alt e montagne di Norcia, e ftpaffa 
 il flume Topino, che va a f cor r ere alle 
 radici del colie fopra del quale glace la 
 Citta di Spoleto. Ppui ft vede una pla- 
 nar a molto vajla , e ripartita da vallette, 
 e fiumlcelli di tal man! era, che tut to que- 
 Jlo piano , che con generico vocabolo Valle 
 Spoletana ft appella , t una dclle piu 
 
 VUE 
 de la Vallee 
 
 D E 
 
 SPOLETO, 
 
 Et de la Montagne 
 D I S O M M a; 
 
 N° IX. 
 
 A U de-la de Spoleto, l’on appenjoit 
 les hautes montagnesde Norcia, be la ri- 
 viere Topino qui pafle au pie de la Col- 
 line fur laquelie la vi lie de Spoleto eft 
 batie. L’on voit ici une vafte Plaine, 
 nominee generalement la Vallee Spole- 
 tane, entrecoupee d’une telle maniere, 
 de prairies & de ruifieaux, qu’elle eft 
 regardee comine une des plus fertiks 
 
fertile and delightful fpots of Italy, 
 extending to the Appenines, and the 
 Norcia, as we have already obferved. 
 Propertius who was of this country, 
 Virgil, and other Poets, celebrate in 
 the higheft ftrain, the fertility and 
 beauty of this plain. 
 
 Propertius fays: 
 
 T4 y hcre beautiful Clitumnus rum thro * woods 
 And bath her white oxen jn its Jliding waves, 
 
 Et Virgil : 
 
 Jlencc the •wild herds , and chief the fately bull 
 
 Are oft Clitumnus bathed in thy bofom 
 
 And ltd triumphant to the Sacred Fane. 
 
 Beyond Spoleto, on the right lies Be- 
 vagna, called Mevania and by Lucan 
 the Taurifera , or Bull producing from 
 the beauty of its herds. On the left 
 
 ( 40 ) 
 
 ftuilifere , e dilettevoli pianure dell ’ Ita- 
 lia , ejlendendo ft fino agl' Apennini , e 
 alle montagne di Norcia da not fepra 
 mentovate . Properzio, che era di quejlo 
 paefe, Virgilio, ed altri Poeti ejaltano 
 alle Jlelle la bellezza, e fecondita di 
 quejla pianura. 
 
 Properzio : 
 
 Ove bagru le felvc il bel Clitunnoj 
 E con le onde i bianchi bovi lava 
 
 E Virgilio : 
 
 Quind’ o’ Olitunno 11 bianco gregge, el’ toro 
 
 Vittima grande nel vo Cum' laciata 
 
 Serviro ai Tempio nel Roman Trionfo. 
 
 Paffato Spoleto ft vede a de/lra Be- 
 vagna, cletta Mevania, e da Lucanocon 
 I epiteto di Taurifera chiamata per la 
 bdkzza deg ” animali bovini, A ftnijha 
 
 & agreables plaines d’ltalie, elles’etend 
 depuis les Appenines jufqu’a la monta- 
 gne Norcia mentionnee ci-defiiis. Pro- 
 pertius qui etoit de ce pays-la, Virgile, 
 & d’autres Poetes, exaltent au plus 
 haut degre, la fertilite & la beaute 
 de cette plaine. 
 
 Propertius dit : 
 
 formofa fua Clitumnus fiumlna luco 
 Irrigat, &’ niveos abluit stnda boves. 
 
 Et Virgil : 
 
 Uinc albi, Clitumne, greges, & maxima taurus 
 ViEhma, Jape tuo perfuft famine Jacro, 
 Romanos ad ’Fernpla Deum duxere triumpbos. 
 
 Au de-lade Spoleto, Pon voit fur la 
 droite, Bevagna dit Mevania Si nom- 
 ine par Lucan Taurifera par rapport a 
 la belle produdion de cet animal. Et 
 
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lies Treviy anciently called Trebia , and 
 Trebula , the hills of which were the 
 
 Ancient Oliver-bearing Marifca , 
 as Virgil lings, and his commentator 
 Servius explains it. 
 
 On the Flaminian way, which leads 
 from Fuligno to Spoleto, we meet 
 with the river Clitumnusy at prefent 
 called the Vene t where may be feen a 
 beautiful Temple of the God of the 
 river, not far from the Poll houfe which 
 I have already particularly defcribed. 
 This valley is adorned with feveral 
 beautiful Caftles, the moftconfiderable 
 of which are, befide Bevagna and Tre- 
 vi already mentioned, Monte Falco , 
 and Bagnorea. 
 
 ( 41 ) 
 
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 Treviy delta anticamente Trebia, e 
 Trebula, ne i di cui colli erano 
 
 L’antiche ed Olivifere Marifce, 
 
 come canto Virgilioy e fpiego il fuo co- 
 mentatore Servio. 
 
 Nella Jirada Flamima y che ConduJJe 
 da Fuligno a Spoletto s' incontra il flu- 
 me Clitunno, detto in oggi le Vene, ove 
 fi vede il graziofo Tempio del Dio di 
 quejlo flume y poco lontano dalla poflay 
 che io gia con particolare dijjertazione 
 illujlrai. E ripiena quejla valle d' ame- 
 ni ca/lelli tra i quali fono i luoghi piu 
 conflderabili oltre Bevagna, e Trevi di 
 Jopra rammentatiy Monte Falco, e Ba- 
 gnorea. 
 
 a gauche, 7 revi anciennement Trebia t 
 Si Trebulay Collines fur lefquelles etoit 
 
 Veter es Oliviferaque Mutufcce. 
 
 ainfi que chante Virgile, & l’explique 
 fon Commentateur Servius. 
 
 Sur le chemin Flaminien qui conduit 
 de Fuligno a Spoletto, l’on rencontre 
 le Fleuve Clitumnusy a prefent nomme 
 Veney ou l’on voit, a peu de diftance 
 de la Pofte, dont nous avons donne 
 une particuliere defcription, le beau 
 Temple du Dieu de ce Fleuve. Cette 
 Plalne eft embellie de plufieurs beaux 
 Chateux, dont les plus confiderables 
 font, outre Bevagna & Treviy deja 
 mentionnes, Monte Falco & Bagnorea. 
 
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 VIEW 
 of the Mountain 
 D I S O M M A, 
 towards Terni. 
 
 N°. X. 
 
 S Poleto a See of the Dukedom of 
 Umbria, of the Lombard Nation, gi- 
 ves a title to the Dukes of Spoleto. 
 The ancient Romans made it a Colo- 
 ny, three years after that of Brundufium, 
 as Cicero allures us in his Oration of 
 Balbus j but according to Paterculus 
 and Livi, it became fuch in the Con- 
 fulate of C. Claudius Cento, and M. 
 Sempronius Tuditatius. This City ma- 
 de a brave refiftance againft Annibal, 
 when after the vidlory gained at the 
 
 ( 43 ) 
 
 V E D U T A 
 della Montagna 
 D I S 0 MM A, 
 
 ' verfo 'Terni . 
 
 N°. X. 
 
 S Poleto Sede del Ducato dell' TJmbria 
 della nazione Longobarda , diede il 
 rtome a medefimi di Duchi di Spo- 
 leto. NegP antichi tempi Romani 
 fu Colonia Latina , come ci ajficura 
 Cicerone nell' Orazione pro Balbo , 
 tre anni dopo Brindift , fecondo il fen - 
 timento di Patercolo, e Livio , nel 
 Confolato di C. Claudio Cent hone , e 
 M. Sempronio Tuditano. Fece quejla 
 Citta forte refijlenza ad Annibale , 
 ch( doppo la battaglia vinta al lago 
 
 F 2 
 
 VUE 
 
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 de la Montagne 
 D I S O M M A, 
 auprcs de Terni. 
 
 N°. X. 
 
 S Poleto eft fitue dans le Duche 
 d’Umbria en Lombardie, & donne 
 fon nom au Due de Spoleto. Les an- 
 ciens Romains en firent une Colonnie 
 trois annees apres celle de Brundufium, 
 ainfi que l’afliire Ciceron dans fon 
 Oraifon pour Balbus ; mais felon Pa- 
 terculus Sc Livius, cela n’arrivat que 
 fous le Confulat de C. Claudius Cen- 
 thone, & M. Sempronius Tuditanus. 
 Cette Ville refifta bravement a Annibal, 
 qui apres la victoire remportee pres du 
 
lake Thranmene,he fleer’d vidtorioufly 
 towards Rome, being obliged to take 
 the country of the Picentini in his way. 
 Theodoric King of the Goths built in 
 this City a ftrong Pretorian Caflle, 
 which in fucceeding times being de- 
 ftroyed by the Goths, was again refto- 
 red by Narfes. There are to be feen at 
 this day the veftiges of an ancient Am- 
 phitheatre, a temple of Concord, and 
 the Aquedudls which conveyed the wa- 
 ters from the neighbouring Appenines; 
 they are partly funk and partly raifed 
 with brick work, and arched, and car- 
 ry with a gentle defcent their waters 
 over a very deep valley. Here alfo is to 
 be feen the Cathedral, a Fortrefs built 
 upon the ruins of the Amphitheatre, 
 and a ftone bridge built with great 
 art and fupported by XXV. pillars, 
 uniting the high parts of the city, and 
 
 ( 44 ) 
 
 Trafimeno venivajfieve vittoriofo verfo 
 Roma onde convenegli andare nel paefe 
 de i Picenti. Teodcrico Re de Goti fab- 
 brico in quejla Citta un forte Cajiro 
 Pretoria, cbe dijirutto in Jeguito da me- 
 defimi Goti , fit rijlorato da Narfete. 
 Si •vedono ancora in oggi le vefligie (Tun 
 antico Anfiteatro , del Tempio della Con- 
 cordia , e degli Aquedotti , the condu- 
 cevano V acqua da i vicini Colli Apen- 
 nini , parte incavati , e parte di ope- 
 ra Laterizia , e arcuata , che con i 
 fuoi altijfimi archi portavano V ac- 
 qua con dolce declivio per una profon- 
 dijfima valle. E da ojfervarfi la 
 Catedrale di quejla Citta , e la 
 Fortezza cojlrutta fopra le ravine 
 dell' Anfiteatro ; e il Ponte di pietra 
 cojlrutto con grande artificio , e fo- 
 Jlenuto da XXV. piloni , che unij 
 conn l' alto della Citta , i della for - 
 
 lac Traflmene, s’en fut triotnphant du 
 cote de Rome, etant oblige de pafler 
 par le pays des Picentini. Theodore 
 Roi des Goths fit batir dans cette ville 
 un fort chateau Pretorien, detruit dans 
 la fuite des terns par ces memes Goths, 
 & retablit apres par Narfes. L’on voit 
 encore des vefliges d’un ancient Amphi- 
 theatre, d’un temple de la Concorde, Sc 
 les Aqueducs qui conduifoient l’eau de- 
 puis les voifincs Apennines, qui font 
 partie ruinees & partie foutenues par des 
 ouvrages de briques fait en forme d’ar- 
 ches, portant l’eau par une douce pente 
 au-deflus d’une profonde vallee. La Ca- 
 thedrale, & un Fort bati fur les ruines 
 de l’amphitheatre font remarquables, de 
 meme auffi qu’un Pont de pierre batit 
 avec beaucoup d’art, Sc fupporte par 
 XXV piliers, qui fait la jotflion de la 
 partie haute de la ville Si de la forte- 
 
fortrefs placed upon one hill, with the 
 remaining part of the fame placed upon 
 another. 
 
 Leaving the City of Spoleto at a few 
 miles diftance, we arrive at the moun- 
 tain di Somma , from the top of which 
 may be feen the delicious plains of Spo- 
 leto and Terni. From thefe plains the 
 Appenines begin to rife, and alfo the 
 lofty mountains from whence the pre- 
 fent view is taken. At fome diftance 
 alfo is feen the demolifhed caftle of 
 Strettura , of which nothing appears 
 when near, except the foundation. This 
 valley has received the name of Strettu- 
 ra from its narrow paflage running be- 
 tween rugged and fteep rocks. Thro’ 
 this valley, and by almoft a circular paf- 
 fage of fix Italian miles we come to the 
 Flaminian way, which is every where 
 cut thro’ the rock to the very top of the 
 
 ( 45 ) 
 
 tezza pofta fopro un colle con il re- 
 ft ante della medeftma pofto fopra un 
 altro. 
 
 Lafeiata la Cittd di Spoleto , ePop- 
 po poche miglia fi comincia a falire la 
 montagna di Somma, dalla di cui 
 cima ft veggono le delizioje pianure 
 di Spoleto e di Terni. Da queftapia- 
 nura fi cominciano a falire gl’ Ap~ 
 pennini , e l' alt a montagna donde 
 e ftata prefa la noftra veduta Si 
 vede in efifa in qualche diftanza il 
 diruto Caftello di Strettura non re - 
 jiandovi poco lontano eke la fola pof- 
 ta. E quefta valle delta di Stettura 
 dal fuo angufto paffaggio , tutto faffofo , 
 pofto tra altffime rupi. Per quefte 
 valli , e per il giro quafe di Jei miglia 
 italiane la via Flaminia fi apre la ftra- 
 da , anche in qualche parte per via 
 di fcarpello , fino alia cima della mon - 
 
 refle fituees fur une colline, avec l’au= 
 tre partie de la ditte ville fituee fur unc 
 autre. 
 
 A quelques miles pafie Spoleto , 
 commence a s’elever la montagne di 
 Somma , du haut de laquelle Ton decou- 
 vre les plaines delicieufes de Spoleto, Sc 
 de Terni. C’eft de ces plaines que les 
 Appenines commencent a s’elever, de 
 meme que la haute montagne d’ou la 
 prefente vue eft tiree. A quelque di- 
 ftance de la, Ton voit le chateau demo- 
 li de Strettura , duquel on n’apper^oit 
 de pres que les fondemens. La vallee 
 de Strettura tire fon nom de fon pafla- 
 ge etroit entre des rochers hauts & ef- 
 carpes. En traverfant cette plaine par un 
 detour circulaire de prefque fix miles 
 d’ltalie, l’on vient fur le chemin Fla- 
 minien, lequel eft coupe a travel le3 
 ro:her3 jufqu’au fommet dc la monta- 
 
mountains, and every where furroun- 
 ded with very high precipices, but for 
 fecurity defended with wood work,fince 
 the late Queen of Spain went that way 
 on her road to Naples. On the fum- 
 mit of the mountain is the Poft houfe, 
 and from thence feveral roads divide, 
 leading to the different Provinces of 
 Norcia. 
 
 ( 46 ) 
 
 tagna, da per tut to circondata da 
 n/pi altijjime ; che per Jicurezza fin 
 da quando pajfd la defonta Regina di 
 Spagna , per andare a Napoli fii ba- 
 ricata contravi , e legnami. Alla ci- 
 ma del monte <ui e la Pojla ; e di 
 la fi diramano molte frade , che con- 
 ducono nella vicina Provincia di Nor- 
 cia . 
 
 gne, & environne de hauts precipices ; 
 mais a prefent il y a des barrieres des 
 deux cotes, qui furent faites lorfque la 
 Reine d’Efpagne prit cette route pour 
 aller a Naples. La Pofte eft fur le haut 
 de la montagne, & la. Ton rencontre 
 plufieurs routes qui conduifent dans 
 differentes Provinces voifines de Nor- 
 cia, 
 
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( 47 ) 
 
 A 
 
 VIEW 
 of the Cafcade 
 
 o F 
 
 MARMORA, 
 above Term, 
 
 N°. X I. 
 
 ** I V Erni is furrounded by a delicious 
 valley four miles long. This landf- 
 kape is covered with innumerable 
 olives, wines, and other fruit-bearing 
 trees. Ptolomy, Strabo, and Pliny 
 make mention of the fertility of this 
 fpot. 
 
 Seven miles diftant from Terni, near 
 the caftle of Papiniano , the river Velina 
 proceeding from the overflowing of 
 
 V E D U T A 
 della Cafcata 
 
 D E L L E 
 
 M A R M O R E t 
 fopra Terni. 
 
 N°. XL 
 
 d Irconda la Cittd di Term una delizio- 
 fa valle di quattro miglia di lunghezza. 
 E quejia pianura ricoperta d’ innumera- 
 bili o/ivi, convigne , e altri fruttiferz al~ 
 beri. Fanno menzione della fertilitd di 
 quejlo territorio Tolomeo , Strabone , e 
 Plinio. 
 
 Sette miglia lontano da Terni , vi~ 
 cino al Cajlello di Papinnio, il flume 
 Velino, venendo dalle for genii di 
 
 VUE 
 
 de la Cafcade 
 
 D E 
 
 M A R M O R E, 
 
 au deffus de Terni. 
 
 N°. XI. 
 
 x 
 
 JL Erni eft environne d’une delicieu- 
 fe plains de quatre miles de long, la- 
 queile eft couverte d’un nombre infi- 
 ni d’Oiiviers, de vignes, & d’arbres 
 fruitiers. Ptolomee, Strabo & Pline 
 font mention de la fertilite de ce 
 terrain. 
 
 A fept miles de Terni, pres du 
 chateau Papinnio , la liviere Velino 
 laquelle fe forme du debordement de 
 
Rieti, and running into a narrow chan- 
 nel, falls with great noife into the ri- 
 ver Neva, from an high rock, called 
 the Marmora , and then lofes its name. 
 The river Neva runs near Terni, and 
 •waters its plains, whence formerly 
 there often arofe difputes between the 
 people of Rieti and thofe of Terni. 
 Thefe of Rieti endeavouring, by deep- 
 ening the bed of Velino, to turn it 
 from their own territories, and to 
 dry their marlhes ; in this they were 
 oppofed by the inhabitants of Terni, 
 who were apprehenfive that the Velino 
 being encreafed by continued rain, 
 would bring fuch quantities of water in- 
 to the Neva, as might overflow their 
 c dates and city. Pope Paul III. in the 
 year 1546. with the alfiftance of the ce- 
 lebrated Sangallo the Architect, had in- 
 tention of enlarging the bed of the Ve* 
 
 ( 4 « ) 
 
 Rieti per un anguflo canale da un 
 alta rupe> detta le Marmora, ca- 
 dendo con fommo Jlrepito nel flume 
 Neva, perde il fuo name. II fume 
 Neva fcorre vicino a Terni , e ba- 
 gna le fue campagne ; onde fpejfo 
 negl' antichi tempi tra i Reatiniy 
 e Ternani nacquero litigj ; sforzan- 
 dof i Reatiniy profondando il letto 
 del Velino di voltarlo nel loro terri - 
 torioy e di feccare le palud't ; al 
 che ft opponevano i popoli di Terniy 
 temendo che eccrefciuto il Velino dalle 
 pioggie continuatey portajfe feco tan- 
 te acque nella Neva , che inondajfero 
 /’ ijlejja Cilia, e le fue Campa- 
 gne, 11 Pontefce Paolo III. nel 
 MDXLVI. con V opera del celebre 
 Architetto Sangallo penio di Jcavare 
 l ’ alveo del V t lino ; ma dolendofene 
 i Ternani , di nuovo lo fece r Umpire. 
 
 Rieti, & continue fa courfe au travers 
 d’un canal fortetroit, fejette avec vio- 
 lence du haut d’un rocher appelle Mar- 
 moray dans la riviere Neva y ou elle perd 
 fon nom. La riviere Neva pafle aupres 
 de Terni & arrofe fes campagnes, ce 
 qui occafionnoit anciennement des dr- 
 fputes entre les habitans de Rieti, & 
 ceux de Terni. Les premiers creufoient 
 le lit du Velino pour le detourner de 
 leur territoire &fecher leurs marecages; 
 les feconds s’y oppofoient, de crainte 
 que le Velino s’augmentant par des 
 pluyes continuelles ne dechargea trop 
 abondamment les eaux dans la Neva, 
 Si n’inondat leurs villes & leurs cam- 
 pagnes. Paul III. en 1546. avec l’aide 
 du celebre Archite&e Sangallo, voulut 
 elargir le lit du Velino, mais les Habi- 
 tans de Terni temoignant du mecon- 
 tentement, il le fit remettre dans fon 
 
lino, but the inhabitants of Terni being 
 difpleafed, he caufed it to be filled up 
 again. There is to be feen a medal of 
 this Pope with this motto on the Exer- 
 gue Unit ce mentes uniunt, and a river 
 falling into another for the device. 
 This perhaps was ftruck when that was 
 besun,the artift fancying that the difpu- 
 te between the two cities had fubfided. 
 This attempt of Paul III. was renew’d 
 by others ; and Clement VIII. carried 
 it thro’ at an immenfe expence, for 
 having cut thro’ the midft of mountains 
 which confined the water on every fide, 
 he drew the Velino into a new channel. 
 And left by being increafed with the 
 rains it fhould bring too much water 
 into the Nera, he ordered a bridge to 
 be built acrofs, which like a mole and 
 a defence might flop the violence of 
 the ftream. The new channel made by 
 
 ( 49 ) 
 
 Si trova di quejlo Papa una me- 
 daglia, col motto neW Efergo ; Unitae 
 mentes uniunt, con I'efpreJJione di 
 un fiume che cade in un altro ; for - # 
 fe coniata nel tempo che doveva 
 cominciarfi /’ operazione , credendoji 
 gia cejfate le difpute delle due citta. 
 Per altro la faccenda dal Pontefice 
 Paolo e da altri tent at a, Clemente 
 VI II. Con grave difpendio la efegui ; 
 poiche tagliati per mezzo i monti , 
 che non potejje /’ acqua da nejfuna 
 parte dar fuori , trafporto it velino 
 per un altro alveo, e perche cre- 
 cendo per la pioggie non portaffe 
 troppo acqua nella Nera , ordino che 
 ft facejfe un ponte tra le due ripe, 
 il quale appunto come un aggere, e 
 riparo ritenejfe /’ impeto dell’ acque. 
 11 nuovo alveo fatto da quejlo Papa 
 era largo CXL. pahni, e projon - 
 G 
 
 premier etat. L’on volt une medaille 
 de Ce Pape avec ces mots fur l’Exergue : 
 Unites mentes uniunt , Si la reprefenta- 
 tion d’une riviere qui tombe dans une 
 autre j peutetre fut-elle frappee dans 
 le commencement de l’ouvrage, fup- 
 pofant que la difpute avoit ceflee entre 
 les deux villes. L’entreprife de Paul III. 
 fut pourfuivie par d’autres, & achevee 
 par Clement VIII. avec des frais im- 
 Hienfes j car ayant fait couper les mon- 
 tagnes par le milieu, & l’eau etant par- 
 la retenue des deux cotes, il attiraain- 
 fi le Velino dans un nouveau canal, Si 
 de crainte qu’il ne s’accrut trop par la 
 quantite des pluyes, & ne fe repandit 
 trop abondamment dans la Nera , il fit 
 batir un pont a travers, qui put comme 
 un mole fer ir de feurete, en retenant 
 rimpetuofiie de l’eau. Le nouveau ca- 
 nal fait par ce Pape avoit 140 palmes 
 
4hi3 Pope was 140 paints wide, and 25 
 deep, the Marquis John Baptift Caftel- 
 line was the condu&or. The memory 
 of this operation was alfo recorded in 
 this Pope’s medals; upon the reverfe 
 ©f one of which are thefe words Velino 
 EmiJJby the device a torrent falling 
 into another, with a bridge, namely 
 that already defcribed and which was 
 built by the Cavalier Fontana. The 
 Pope expended in this noble underta- 
 king 70000. Crowns, and being defi- 
 rous of feeing it in perfon, he gratified 
 his curiofity upon returning from the 
 eonqueft of the Dutchy.of Ferrara* 
 
 ( s° ) 
 
 do XXV. 11 Mar chef e Gio Batijla 
 Cajlelline fit l* Architetto. Ancora 
 quefio Papa tie conferva la memoria 
 , nelle fne medaglie ponendo nel rover - 
 fcio di una di effe Velino Emilio, 
 / rapprefente un torrente, che cade 
 nel altroy e un ponte , che e quello 
 del quale gia parlaj, architettato del 
 Cavalier Fontana. LXX. mila fcudi 
 fpefe quejlo Papa in ft bell * opera, 
 la quale <volfe avche perjonalmente 
 vedere nel ritorno che fece dalla 
 tonquejla del Ducato di Ferrara. 
 
 de large ur, & 25. de profondeur, le 
 Marquis Jean Baptifte Caftelline en 
 fut Ie condudteur. La memoire de ce 
 grand ouvragefe conferve dans les me* 
 dailies de ce Pape, au revers d’une def- 
 quelles font ces mots : Velino Emijfo , 
 avec la reprefentation d’un torrent qui 
 fe jette dans un autre, & un pont du- 
 quel nous avons deja parle, de l’archi- 
 tedlure du Cavalier Fontana. Ce bel 
 ouvrage couta 70000 ecus au Pape qui 
 defirant le voir en perfonne, fatisfit fa 
 curiofite en revenant de faire la con** 
 quete du Duche de Ferrare. 
 
4 
 
A 
 
 VIEW 
 
 of the Cafcade 
 
 o F 
 
 y E L I N O, 
 from below. 
 
 N°. XII. 
 
 TH He River Nera taking its courfe 
 near the Caftle of Arona , where there 
 is a ftone bridge, encreafes to a great 
 fize, till it falls with a violent noife in- 
 to the river,otherwife the lake Velino, 
 called at prefent the lake of Pie di Luco. 
 When this terrifying cafcade is feen 
 from the valley below, there always 
 appears in the air a rainbow, with a 
 
 ( 5 1 ) 
 
 r E DVT A 
 della Caduta 
 
 DEL 
 
 VELINO , 
 dalla -parte di /otto. 
 
 N°. XII. 
 
 r ando il fiume Nera vicino al Ca- 
 Jlel' d' Arone, dov’ e un ponte di pietra , 
 ere fee egli in grand ’ abbondanza d'acque , 
 per quella , che gli viene aggiunta con 
 grande jirepito , e caduta dal fiume V dim, 
 o fia lago Velino , detto io oggi la go di Pie 
 di Luco. Quando ft o/ferva quefia fpa- 
 ventevole caduta d'acqua nella J otto pojia 
 voile ahando gV occhi , pare di vedere 
 
 VUE 
 de la Cafcade 
 d u 
 
 VELINO, 
 
 par defious. 
 
 N°. X I I. 
 
 I J A riviere Nera, paflant pres du 
 Chateau d’ Arone , ou il y a un pont 
 de pierre, s’accroit confiderablement, 
 jufqu’a ce qu’elle tombe avec violence 
 dans la riviere, ou autrement dans lc 
 lac Velino, norame a prefent le lac de 
 Pie di Luco. Lorfqu’on regarde cettc 
 effrayante cafcade du bas de la vallee, il 
 paroit toujours dans l’air un Arc-en-ciel 
 
 G 2 
 
thick mift formed by the dafhing of 
 the waters, divided into the minuteft 
 draps by their precipitate fall, and 
 percuflioos among the rocks. 
 
 The frivcr Velino ilTues from two 
 fources. The firft is at a great diftance 
 from the place in queftion, rifing near 
 Civita Ducale : the other begins near 
 the Caftle of Antrodoco , where thefe 
 two fountains being united, traverfe 
 the country of Riety. At a little di- 
 ftance from that city the river Velino 
 being encreafed from other fources, 
 forms the lake of Pie di Lucs, called 
 by T acitus the lake V dinus. Before the 
 waters of the adjacent fources enter 
 the Velino, they firft form a marfh, 
 and from thence flow into the lake 
 where being colle&ed in great abun- 
 dance, it was neceflary to give them 
 
 ( 52 ) 
 
 fempre nell' arial' lnde , 0 fia arCo baleno , 
 eduna mi nut a, e folta nebbia per il rial- 
 zamento che fa l' aCqua nell' aria divija 
 in minutiffime Jlillt ml precipitarfi che 
 fa, per cuo tendone i Jotto pojli fcogli. 
 
 Nafce il fume Velino da due font am. 
 La prima e molto dijlante da quejlo luo- 
 go , forgendo vie ins a Civita Ducale : 
 /’ ultra nafce preffo il Cajlello d' Antro- 
 doco, ove uniti quejli f anti pajjano per 
 il territorio di Rieti. Poco lontano da 
 quefla Cittd il flume Velino accrefciuto da 
 altre forgenti d' acque da principio al 
 Logo di Pie di Luco, detto da Tacito 
 Logo Velino. Prima di entrare le ac- 
 que delle vicine forgenti nel logo Velino 
 formano una palude, e poi da quejla 
 palude efeendo , danno principio a detto 
 lago ; quindi crefcendo le acque nel 
 detto lago in molta abondanza , fit ne- 
 cejfario dargli efito , acci'o non fommer- 
 
 avec un brouillard epais forme par le 
 rejailliflement de l’eau qxii fe divife en 
 petites particules par fa defeente pre- 
 cipitee entre les rochers. 
 
 La riviere Velino provient de deux 
 fontaines. La premiere eft fort eloignee 
 du lieu en queftion, prenant fa fource 
 aupres de Civita Ducale : 1’autre com- 
 mence aupres du Chateau d’ Antrodoco, 
 ou ces deux fontaines s’unifient & tra- 
 verfent le pays de Ricfti. A peu de di- 
 ftance de cette ville la riviere Velino 
 s’augmentant par d’autres fources, for- 
 me le lac de Pie di Luco , nomme par 
 Tacitus le lac Velino. Les eaux des 
 fources voifines forment un marecage 
 avant d’entrer dans le Velino, Sc de la 
 fe jettent dans le lac, ou fe trouvant 
 recueillies en trop grande abondance, 
 il fut neceflaire de leur donner un 
 
vent to orev*»nt tTv^ir deluging th** cir- 
 cumjacent country, the Romans the- 
 refore cut that paflage: thro 5 the rock, 
 thro’ which the waters defeend with 
 fuch violence. he lake has taken the 
 modern name of Pie di Luco, from a 
 little Caftle fo called, fituated on its 
 banks to the left. The fituacion of this 
 lake is upon a high mountain on every 
 fide furrounded by hills, its waters are 
 clear, but fo much impregnated with 
 a petrifying quality, that it is conftant- 
 ly requifite to keep the paflage open by 
 cutting the rock by which the waters 
 fall into the fubjacent valley. It is alfo 
 ftored with excellent fifh ; and round 
 it are many little towns from whence 
 boats pafs from one fide to the other. 
 Leander Alberti is of opinion that the 
 lines of Virgil, 
 
 EJl locus Italne medio fub montibus ahis, feV. 
 
 ( 53 ) 
 
 gejfiro luoghi cr convicini : snde i 
 Romani fecero aprire , e tagliare il 
 fa Jo per la cuj bocca feendano t on- 
 to precipitofamente le acque. Si 
 dice quejh logo prefentemente di Pie 
 , per ten riccolo Cajletlo di 
 tal no m. ' Jo alia JihiJlra riva 
 
 del medsfmo logo, E fituato il logo 
 fopra un alto monte , avendo da ogni 
 banda continui colli : /’ acqua del 
 medeftmo e cbiara , quant unque ab- 
 bia in fe un fugo lapideo di tal 
 natura , che bifogna col ferro in certi 
 luoghi tenerne aperto il camino , per 
 il quale ft fcarica nella foggetta voi- 
 le : Tenera per altro ottimi pefei. 
 Intorno al logo fono molti Cajelli , 
 ove ft pub andare da una riva all' 
 altra per barca. Leandro Alberti 
 crede , che i verfi di Virgiiio : 
 
 Ift locus Italiae medio fub montibus altis, Sec, 
 
 cours, pour garantir le pays cirConvon 
 fin d’une inondation. Pour cet eftl-t 
 les Romains firent un paflage au tra- 
 vers de ce rocher d’ou les eaux defeen- 
 dent avec tant de rapidite. Ce Lac 
 s’appelle aujourd’huy Pie di Luco du 
 nom d’un petit Chateau fitue fur la 
 gauche de fon rivage. Ce lac eft fi- 
 tue fur une haute montagne, environ- 
 ne de collines par tous les cotes : l’eau 
 de ce lac eft claire, mais d’une nature 
 ft petrifiee, qu’il eft neceflaire de tenir 
 conftamment le paflage ouvert en cou- 
 pant le rocher par ou les eaux def- 
 cendent dans la vallee. Ce lac eft aufli 
 fourni cfexccllens poiflons, & eft en- 
 tourre de beaucoup de Chateaux d’ou 
 l’on traverfe avec une barque, d’un co- 
 te a 1’autre. Leandre Alberti croit que 
 ces vers de Virgile, 
 
 Eft locus Italia medio fub montibus altis , &c. 
 
refer to this lake, and to the cafcade of 
 Marmore as it is commonly called. But 
 I can’t avoid thinking that they defcribe 
 another place fituated among the Sa- 
 bini, as I have already (hewn in a par- 
 ticular dilTertation, which I publilhed 
 Jail year. 
 
 ( 54 ) 
 
 ft pojfono referire a quejla lags, e 
 alia caduta detta volgarmetite le Mar- 
 more j tna io credo che pojfino refe - 
 rirft ad altro luogo pojlo tra i Sabitii , 
 come gia dimojlraj in una mia parti - 
 color e differ tazi one i che public aj negl ’ 
 anni pajfati% 
 
 fe rapportent k c e lac & k la cafcade ap- 
 pellee communement Marmore ; maia 
 je fuis plutot d’opinion qu’ils referent 
 a une autre place lituee entre les Sa- 
 bini. Comme je l’ai deja demontre 
 dans une dilTertation particulierc que 
 j’ai publie Tannee derniere. 
 
A 
 
 VIEW 
 
 O F 
 
 T E R N I, 
 from the Lake 
 V E L I N O. 
 
 N°. XIII. 
 
 T He view from that part where the 
 river Velino precipitates into the Nera, 
 is mod pleafing, the city of Terni and 
 its fertile plains from thence difcover- 
 ing themfelves to our fight. This city 
 was anciently called the Interamnis from 
 its fituation between rivers and water 
 courfes. It took the name of Inter amna 
 Nahartes , principally to diftinguifh it 
 from the Inter amna of Puglia which was 
 
 ( 55 ) 
 
 V E D U T A 
 
 D l 
 
 terni , 
 
 dal lago 
 
 VELINO . 
 
 N\ XI II. 
 
 JghiJJima e la veduta da quejlo 
 punto divifa , eve il fume Velino ft 
 precipita nella Nera , vedendofi la 
 Citta di Terni con la fua fertile cam- 
 pagna. Fu quejla Citta delta dag l' 
 antichi Interamnis, per effere fi~ 
 tuata tra fiumi , e forgenti di acque : 
 Anzi per dijlinguerla dal! Interam- 
 na di Puglia fu detta Interamna 
 Nahartes, dove quella fit cbiamata 
 
 VUE 
 
 D E 
 
 TERN I, 
 
 fcm 
 
 depuis le Lac 
 
 VELINO. 
 
 N°. XIII. 
 
 J-iA Vue, depuis cet endroit ou la 
 riviere Velino fe precipite dans la Ne- 
 ra, eft fort agreable, L’on decouvre 
 de la, la ville de Terni. Si fes fertiles 
 eampagnes. Cette Ville fe nommoit an- 
 ciennement Interamnis , a caufe de fa 
 fituation entre des rivieres 5c des four- 
 ces d’eaux. Elle fut nommee Interam- 
 na Nahartes , pour la diftinguer de In- 
 teramna de Puglia laquelle fut appellee 
 
called Inter amna Lir'tna. T ernl was a 
 municipal town of Rome, but it is 
 uncertain when it acquired that right. 
 Pighius has difcovered from an ancient 
 marble infeription, which he obferved 
 in the wall of the Cathedral Church, 
 thatTerni was founded DCCIV years 
 before theConfulfhip of Gneius Domi- 
 tius Ahenobarbus, and M. Camillus 
 Scribonianus, who enjoy’d their office 
 in the year DCXXIV. at which time 
 the Interamnates offered publick Sacri- 
 fices to SaluSjLibertas, and the munici- 
 pal Genius of the place, in order to 
 flatter the Emperour Tiberius, for hav- 
 ing rid himfelf of his favourite Sejanus. 
 From this infeription, Pighius in his 
 annals conjectures, that Terni was built 
 LXX X years before Rome. Others 
 are of opinion, that in the time of King 
 JSluma, after the conqueft of the Urn- 
 
 ( 5 ^ ) 
 
 Interamna Lirina. Dovento Ter- 
 ni municipio de i Romani ; ma e 
 incerto quando acquijtaffe quejio drit- 
 to. Ricava il Pighio da un an- 
 tica marmorea iferizione , chi’ egli 
 offer vo nel muro della Catedrale , 
 effere Jlato Terni fondato DCCIV. 
 anni avanti il Confolato di Gn. Do- 
 tnizio Aenobarbo , e M. Cammillo 
 Scriboniano, cbe furono Confoli di 
 Roma ! anno DCXXIV. nel quale 
 gl' Interamnati fecero publici Sa- 
 crificj alia Salute , alia Liberia , 
 
 e al Gtnio del Municipio in adula- 
 zione di Tiberio Imperatore per ef- 
 ferfi disfatto del fuo favor it 0 Seiano. 
 Da que/la iferizione ne ricava il 
 fuddetto Pigbio ne fuoi Annaliy cbe 
 Terni fu fabbricato LXXX . anni 
 prima di Roma. Si vuole da alcuni 
 che al tempo del Re Numa doppo vinti 
 
 Interamna Lirina. Terni etoit une villc 
 municipal des Remains : mais il eft 
 incertain dans quel terns elle acquit ce 
 droit. Pighius a decouvert par une inf- 
 eription en marbre qu’il trouva dans 
 le mur de l’Eglife Cathedrale, que 
 Terni fut fonde DCCIV. annees avant 
 le Confulat de Gn. Domitius Aeno- 
 barbus, & M. Camillus Scribonianus, 
 qui etoient Confuls Romains en 1’an- 
 nee DCXXIV. auquel terns les In- 
 teramnates offroient des Sacrifices au 
 Salut, a la Liberte, Si au Genie mu- 
 nicipal de cette place, dans le deffein 
 de plaire a l’Empereur Tiberius qui 
 s’etoit defait de fon favori Sejanus. Pi- 
 ghius dans fes Annales, conjecture de 
 cette infeription que Terni fut bati 
 LXXX. annees avant Rome. D’autres 
 font d’opinion que du terns du Roi 
 Numa, apres la conquete de la Um- 
 
bria, a Colony was brought from Spo- 
 leto thither, and that then this munici- 
 pal town began to have a name. Al- 
 berti, Roberto Titio, and others, mif- 
 led by this anecdote, fancied that Term 
 was then made a Roman Colony, not 
 aware that there was another Colony 
 at prefent called Monte Caflino, fitua- 
 ted on the river Liris, which Livy, and 
 Caffilinus,call the Learned Roman Co- 
 lony, when M. Valerius, and Publius 
 Decius Mura were Confuls in the year 
 of Rome CCCCXL. In another place 
 Livy more expresfly declares that L.Po- 
 fthumius and M. Attilius being Confuls, 
 in the war of the Samnites, they feiz’d 
 upon the Colony of Interamna, whence 
 it was called Interamna Lir'ina , to dift- 
 inguifh it from the municipal town in 
 queftion, which was called Interamna 
 Nabartes , and is a city of Umbria. 
 
 ( 57 ) 
 
 gV Umbri , vi fojje condotta una Co - 
 Ionia da Spoletto , e cbe allora comin- 
 ciajfe ad avere il nome di Municipio. 
 Prendono per tanto equivoco V Alberti , 
 Roberto Titio , ed altri che credono 
 T ?rni ejfere Jiata Colonia de Romania 
 non fapendo ejfercene Jiata vn altra al 
 Jiume Liri , la quale Livio dice ejfere 
 Jiata de dotta Colonia da Romani 
 ajfteme con Cajfdinoy in oggi Monte 
 Cajfmo nel Confolato di M. Valerio^ 
 e P. Decio Mure ! anno di Roma 
 CCCCXL. Anzi in altro luogo dice 
 piu chiaramente che L. Pojlumio , e 
 M. Attilio Confoli nella guerra Sam- 
 nitica ft sforzarono d'occupare la 
 Colonia d' Interamna , che viene nelle 
 antiche ifcrizioni detta Colonia In- 
 teramna Lirina, a differenza del no- 
 Jlro Alunicipio detto Interamna Na- 
 harte Cittd dell' Umbria. 
 
 H 
 
 bria, l’on y conduifit un Colonie, de 
 Spoleto, Si que des lors cette ville com- 
 ment a prendre le nom de municipale. 
 Cette anecdote a caufe la meprife de L, 
 Alberti, Roberto Titio, 8i d’autrcs, qui 
 ont cru que Terni devint alors une Co- 
 lonie Romaine, n’ayant pas prevu qu’il 
 y en avoit une autre, fur la riviere Liris, 
 nommee a prefent Monte Caffino ; Sc 
 par Livius Si Caffilinus, la Savante Co- 
 lonie Romaine, du terns du Confulat de 
 M. Valerius Si Publius Decius Mura, 
 1’an de Rome CCCCXL. Livius s’ex- 
 plique plus clairement quand il dit que 
 L.Pollumius, Si M. Attilius etant Con- 
 fuls dans la guerre des Samnites, vou- 
 lurent s’emparer de la Colonie Inter- 
 amna, d’ou elle fut nommee Interamna 
 Lirina , pour la diftininguer de la ville 
 municipale nommee Interamna Nabar- 
 tes , qui eft une ville de la Umbrie. 
 
Terni is at prefent a rich, mercan- 
 tile, and populous city ; the country 
 about it, is ftill, as formerly, very fer- 
 tile, particularly in olives ; and is well 
 fupplied with water. It is fituated to- 
 wards the South, at the foot of the Ap- 
 pennines. Vitruvius calls the plains and 
 the hills Infsrnates , perhaps inftead 
 of Interamnates , and Pliny alfo makes 
 mention of their fertility. 
 
 ( 58 ) 
 
 E prefentemente Terni Citta ricca , 
 mercantile , e ben' popolata ; e come 
 negl' antichi tempi , cost oggiorno molto 
 fertile , particolarmente d’ olivi , «d 
 abbondante di bonijftme acque. E fitua- 
 ta alle radici degl' Apennini verfo mez- 
 zo giorno , i di cut colli , e campi Ei- 
 truvio gli chiama Infernates, for [e in 
 vece d' Interamnates ; e Plinio pari- 
 mente fd menzione della fertilita di 
 quejie campagne } e colline , 
 
 Terni eft prefenfement une ville ri- 
 che, commer^ante, be bien peuplee, la 
 campagne dans fes environs, eft comme 
 anciennement fort fertile, particuliere- 
 ment en olives, & eft pourvu abondam- 
 ment de fort bonne eau. II eft fitue aux 
 pies des Apennines du cote du midi. 
 Vetruvius appelle ces plalnes & ces col- 
 lines Infernates , au lieu peut-etre d' In- 
 teramnates ; Pline fait aufli mention 
 de la fertilite de ces campagnes. 
 
( 5 9 ) 
 
 A 
 
 VIEW 
 
 O F 
 
 N A R N I, 
 from the Bridge of Auguftus.' 
 N°. XIV. 
 
 T He very ancient city of Narni has 
 acquired its name from the river Nera, 
 called the Nar j from hence and for no 
 other reafon, the circumjacent people 
 acquired the name of Nahartes, as the 
 Nar furrounded and watered their ter- 
 ritories. This clearly fhews that the 
 name of this river Nar, and its deriva- 
 tive Nartes were but contractions of 
 the ancient name, which mull have 
 been Nahar } as well as the People 
 
 V E D U T A 
 
 D I 
 
 NARNI , , 
 dal Ponte d' Auguflo 
 N\ XIV. 
 
 T Antichiffima Citta di Narni ha 
 acqui/iato il fuo name dal flume Nera, 
 detto Nar ; quindi i popoli c'trconvicini 
 non per altro acquijlarono il fopra nome 
 di Nahartes,/*? non dalla Nera, o Nar , 
 che o gl' era vicino, o circondava, e ba- 
 gnava l loro territorj. Cio fa vedere 
 chiaramente che quejlo fume per contra - 
 zione fit detto Na r,ficcome il fuo deriva- 
 tive Nartes ; ?na che 1’antico intier o fut 
 
 nome era Nahar, onde nafeeva il cognome 
 
 Ha’ 
 
 V U E 
 
 D E 
 
 NARNI, 
 
 depuis le Pont Auguftus. 
 
 N°. X I V. 
 
 X-i Ancienne Ville de Narni, a acquife 
 fon nom de la riviere Nera, nommee 
 Nar , & la feule raifon pour laquellc 
 les Peuples circonvoifins acquirent le 
 nom de Nahartes, eft, que la Nera en- 
 touroit & arrofoit leur territoire. Ce!a 
 prouve clairement que cette riviere fe 
 nommoit Nar par abbreviation, ainfi 
 que fon derivatif Nartes, mais que fon 
 veritable nom etoit Nahar , & que les 
 habitans de ces endroits fe nommoient 
 
Nabartes. They who have any know- 
 ledge in the Hebrew, know that *^p| J 
 NAHAR flgnified in general a river j 
 and confequently that the Nera was 
 called by theTufcans, by the general 
 name of Nahar, that is the river, as 
 we often find the Euphrates put down 
 for any river in the Sacred Writings. 
 And it feems to me that one of the four 
 Nations which in one of the Eugubine 
 Tables is called NAHARCER, 
 exprefled in latin characters ; and in 
 another Table called NAHARCUM, 
 in Etrufcan characters, muft refer to 
 the NAHARTES of Umbria. 
 
 Some Geographers are. ftill of opinion 
 that Narni was called alfo Neguinum, 
 and that according to Livi the inhabi- 
 tants when conquered by the Romans 
 were named Nequinates , perhaps from 
 the badnefs, and inconvenience of their 
 
 ( 60 ) 
 
 Nabartes. Chi ha qualcbe cognizione 
 della lingua Ebraica fa, che “) pj J 
 NAHAR fignifica in generate il fiume ; 
 ed in confequenza la Nera era da i To- 
 fcani c hi a mat 0 Con nome generico Nahar, 
 cio e fiume , non altrimcnti che /’ Eu- 
 frate con lo Jieffo nome generico viene 
 fovente appellato nelle Sagre Scritture. 
 Ed io fono di parere y che uno de quat- 
 tro popoli, che in una delle Ear vole 
 Eugubine in lettere Latine dicefi N A- 
 H ARC E R ; ed in altra in lettere 
 Etrufche dicefi NAHARCUM , 
 debbono a i N A HARTE S dell' 
 Umbria referirfi. 
 
 Fogliono alcuni Geografi che Narni 
 foffe ancora detto Neguinum, e i fuoi 
 popoli quando furono fuperati da i 
 Romani Neguinates come vuole Li- 
 vio, forfe cofi detti dalla peffima y ed 
 Orrida loro fituazione, majfime dalla 
 
 Nabartes. Ceux qui ont quelque con- 
 noifi'ance de la langue Hebrai'que, fja- 
 Vent que NAHAR fignifie en 
 general une riviere j & par consequent 
 la Nera etoit nominee par les Tofcans 
 Nahar, c’efl-a dire riviere j comme 
 nous trouvons fouventl’Euphrate men- 
 tionne pour aucune riviere dans les 
 Ecritures Sacrees. II me paroit qu’une 
 des quatres Nations qui eft nommee 
 dans une des Tables Eugubines en ca- 
 raCtere Latin NAHARCER, & 
 dans une autre en caraCtere Etrufque 
 N A H A R C U M, ferapporte aux 
 NAHARTES delaUmbrie. 
 
 Quelques Geographes veulent que 
 Narni fut aulfi nomme Neguinum , & 
 que felon Livi, lorfque fes habitans fu- 
 rent aflujettis aux Romains, ils furent 
 nommes Nequinates , peut-etre a caufe 
 de leur mauyaife & incommode fitua- 
 
fituation, particularly on the fide next 
 the river, where not far diftant from the 
 ancient, is the modern bridge acrofs the 
 Nera, called from the Madonna of 
 2 Varni, and exprefied in the prefent 
 view. On one fide are difcovered the 
 beautiful, pleafant and fruitful plains of 
 Terni, on the other, agreable hills 
 adorned with little towns, and for the 
 mod part abounding with wines, oli- 
 ves, and excellent figs. In the city is 
 to be feen an Aqueduft, which comes 
 from a diftance of fifteen miles, and 
 which fupplies the inhabitants. Pliny, 
 Stephanus Byzantinus, and other an- 
 cient writers make mention of this 
 city, but Martial in the following lines 
 particularly takes notice of its fituation. 
 
 Narni fur rounded by f jlpbureous Jireamt 
 
 Where travellers with danger pafs along. 
 
 ( 6t ) 
 
 parte del flume , ove 11 ponte moderns, 
 poco lontano dalV antico , detto della 
 Madonna di Narni, che ft vede 
 nella prefente veduta e fahbricato 
 fopra la Neva. Dagl’ altrilatl ft fco- 
 pre da alcuni la veduta della bella, 
 amena,e fruttifera pianura di Terni ; 
 da altri e circondato di vaghi colli 
 ove fono fituati molli piccoli ( lajlelli, 
 e fono in molte parti ripieni di viti , 
 olivi, e jichi di ottima qualitd. Nel- 
 la cittd vi e in acquedotto , che viene 
 XV. miglia lontano , e che ferve d 
 publico ufo. Di quefla Cittd fecero 
 menzione Plinio , Stefano Bizzantino , 
 e altri antichi Scrittori. 11 fuo Jito 
 ! efprejfe il Poeta Marziale con- 
 quejii verfi : 
 
 Circondan Narni acque fulfuree, e hianche 
 
 £ vi s’ aicende per difikilcalk, 
 
 tion, particulierement du Cote de la ri- 
 viere ou eft le nouveau pont, dit de la 
 Madonna di Narni , fitue a peu de di- 
 ftance de l’ancien, fur la Nera ; ainfi 
 qu’il eft demontre dans la preiente plan- 
 che. D’un cotel’on decouvre !a belle, 
 plaifante. Si fertile plaine de Terni; de 
 l’autre,des Collines agreables ornees de 
 plufieurs petits villages, Si pour la plu- 
 part abondantes en vignes, olives, Si 
 figues excellentes. L’on voit dans la 
 ville les Aqueducs, qui viennent de 
 quinze miles de diftance, & fervent aux 
 befoins du Public. Pline, Stephanus 
 Bizantinus, & d’autres anciens Ecri- 
 vains, font mention de cette ville ; mais 
 Martial enfait une particuliere deicrip- 
 tion dans les vers fuivans : 
 
 Narnia fulpbureo quam gurgite candidus amnis , 
 
 Circuit ancipiti vise adeunda jugo. 
 
/ 
 
( 63 ) 
 
 A 
 
 VIEW 
 of the Bridge of 
 AUGUSTUS 
 on the River Nera. 
 
 N°. XV. 
 
 A Scendlng from the city Narni, 
 and proceeding on the Flaminian way 
 we meet the famous Bridge of Au- 
 guftus, fupported by a rocky mountain 
 called the cut mountain it being hewn 
 through by the Romans, in order to 
 make a pafTage over the dangerous 
 rocks of the Nera, and the mountain 
 to the left. It is amazing to fee a 
 mountain thus hewen thro’ by a paflage 
 XXX feet high, and XV broad. To 
 
 V E D U T A 
 di Ponte 
 
 d'AU GUSTO 
 fopra il fiume Nera. 
 
 N\ XV \ 
 
 XJ Scendo dalla Cittd di Narni, e 
 feguitando la via Flaminia s' incon- 
 tra il famofo ponte fatto da Augujio , 
 appoggiato al faffofo monte detto ta- 
 gliato, ejjendo Jlato col ferro aperto 
 da i Romani per poter pajjare tra le 
 precipitofe rupi del fiutne Nera , e 
 1' alto monte della fmijlra. E cofa 
 Jorprendente il confiderare il monte 
 tagliato nella fua altezza da XXX. 
 piedi , e XV. nella fua larghezza. 
 
 VUE 
 du Pont 
 
 AUGUSTUS 
 fur la Riviere Nera. 
 
 N°. XV. 
 
 N montant depuis Narni, & con- 
 tinuant fur le chemin Flaminien, Ton 
 rencontre le fameux pont Auguftus fup- 
 porte par une montagne, ditte la monta- 
 gne coupee , ayant ete taillee par les Rom- 
 mains afin de faire un pafTage au dcfTus 
 des dangereux rochers de la Nera, &c 
 de la montagne a gauche. Il eft furpre- 
 nant de voir une montagne ainfi taillee 
 a travers, par un paflage de XXX pies 
 de hauteur, & XV. de largeur. L’on 
 
the right is a frightful precipice, at the 
 bottom of which the waters of the Ne- 
 ra pafs among the rocks with a very 
 loud noife. Here are feen the admira- 
 ble and ftupendous pillars, and part 
 of the arches of the bridge, which with 
 their ruins are exprefied in the prefent 
 View, and which united thefe two high 
 and craggy mountains. It is faid that 
 this was built by Auguftus with the 
 money arifing from the fpoils of the 
 Sicambri, and Procopius who is of 
 this opinion, allures us that he had 
 never feen arches higher than thofe. 
 The remains of this bridge which are 
 {Ml to be feen, are compofed of great 
 Square ftones which fupport its high 
 arches, and difeover a ftrudture wor- 
 thy the flourilhing times of the Ro- 
 snaa Empire. I am of opinion that 
 
 ( 64 ) 
 
 Vedefi alia deftra un fpaventevole pre- 
 cipizio , al cut fine paffano con grande 
 Jlrepito per quelle [ajfofe rupi le acque 
 del fume Nera. £hti adunque ft 
 cjfervano gV ammirabili , e Jlupendi 
 piloni , e parte delle volte del ponte , 
 ejprejf in quejla veduta , con le fue ra- 
 vine , che congiungevano quejli due 
 altifimi , e dirupati monti. Si vuole 
 che Augujlo lo fabbri caffe con i denari 
 delle fpoglie de i Sicambri. E pro- 
 copio che ne fa Autore Augujlo ci 
 ajfcura., che non aveva gia maj 
 veduto archi di pietra piu alti di 
 quefi gl ’ avanzi che di quejlo ponte 
 an cor a fi vedono fono compofi di 
 gran piete quadrate , che fofengono 
 le alte volte , e dimoftrano una fab- 
 brica cojlrutta nel foride tempo 
 del Romano imperio. lo crede che 
 
 voit a la droite, un affreux preripice, 
 au fond duquel 1’eau de la riviere Nera 
 pafTe entre les rochers avec beaucoup 
 de rapidite. L’on voit ici les admira- 
 bles & prodigieux pilliers avec une partie 
 des arches du pont & de fes ruines, (de- 
 montre dans la prefente vue, ) lequel 
 uniflbit ces deux hautes & efcarpees 
 montagnes. L’on pretend qu’Auguftus 
 fit batir ceci, de l’argent des depouilles 
 des Sicambri ; & Procopius qui eft 
 
 de ce fentiment, allure qu’il n’a jamais 
 vu d’arches plus hautes que celles ci. 
 Ce qui refte encore a prefent a voir de 
 ce pont, ce font les groftes pierres 
 quarrees, lefquelles fupportent fes hau- 
 tes arches, & decouvrent un ouvrage 
 admirable & d’une archiee£iure di- 
 gne du terns floriflant de l’Empire 
 des Romains. Je crois que e’eft de 
 
Martial had this bridege in his eye, 
 when he fays : 
 
 But /pare me Romans, mr underate Narnia, 
 
 So may you ever have the convenience of a bridge. 
 
 The ftones of the bridge, and its 
 arches are join’d together by cramps 
 of iron fixed in by lead, and without 
 mortar. Its lenght is CC. feet, its 
 height CL. One arch only is feen at 
 this day remaining, and even that much 
 decayed by time. The people of the 
 country believe that under the fame 
 much treafure has been found. The 
 little bridge with its tower which at 
 prefent crofses the Nera, is the work of 
 latter times, and is called the bridge 
 of the Nera, or of the Madonna di 
 Narni, 
 
 ( 65 ) 
 
 Marziale non abbia parlato di altro 
 ponte cht di qttejlo , ove dice : 
 
 Perdonami Roman, no difprezzare 
 Narni, el’ fuo ponte eternamente godi. 
 
 Le pietre del ponte Jono concatenate 
 infteme con fpranghe di ferro impion- 
 bate fenza calce , come pure le grojfe 
 volte. La fua lunghezza e di CC. piedi , 
 la fua altezza e di CL. Un folo area 
 ft vede ancora intiero oggi giorno , ben- 
 che molto dal tempo devajlato j e la 
 gente del paefe crede che fotto il me- 
 defimo Ji fiano trovati molti tefori. II 
 piccolo ponte con torre , che paffa pre - 
 fentemente fopra la Nera e opera de 
 bafft tempi , e chiamafi in oggi il ponte 
 della Nera , 0 il ponte della Madonna 
 di Narni. 
 
 e’eft de ce pont que Martial vouloit 
 parler, quand il dit : 
 
 Sed jam parce mi hi, nec alutere Narnia juirite 
 
 Pcrpetuo liceat fic tibi Ponte frui. 
 
 Les pierres des arches de ce pont, 
 font jointes enfembles par des cram- 
 pons de fer fixes avec du plom, & fans 
 mortier. Il a CC. pies de longueur, & 
 CL. de hauteur. Il ne refte a prefent 
 decepont qu’une feule arche entiere* 
 & meme beaucoup dechue par le terns. 
 Sc les gens du pays croient qu’on a 
 trouve fous cette arche un grand trefor. 
 Le petit pont qui traverfe a prefent la 
 Nera, avec fa tour, eft un ouvrage des 
 derniers terns, & fe nomme le pont 
 de la Nera, ou de la Madonnna di 
 Narni. 
 
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 A 
 
 VIEW 
 
 V E D U T A 
 
 of the Cattle 
 
 del Cajiello 
 
 O F 
 
 D I 
 
 FORMICA, 
 
 FORMICA, 
 
 between Otricoli and th t Borghetto. 
 
 tra Otricoli, e il Borghetto. 
 
 N°. XVI. 
 
 N°. XVI. 
 
 JP Roceeding along the great road bet* 
 ween Otricoli, and the Borghetto, not 
 far from the latter is feen a ruin’d Caftle 
 to the right, upon a pleafant hill,, to 
 which the Peafants give the name of 
 Caftle Formica , together with a bridge 
 at the foot of the hill, under which runs 
 
 P Jjj'andofi per la Jlrada maejlra 
 tra Otricoli , e il Borghetto poco lon- 
 tano da queJT ultimo fopra un amena 
 collinetta d mano dritta vedefi un di- 
 ruto Cajiello , « cui i paefani danno il 
 name di Caftel Formica ; ed un ponte 
 che e a piedi di detta Collina, Jotto di 
 I 2 
 
 VUE 
 
 du Chateau 
 
 D E 
 
 FORMICA, 
 entre Otricoli & Bor ghetto, 
 
 N°. XVI. 
 
 P Aflant par la grande route entre 
 Otricoli & Burghetto, Ton decouvre 
 fur la droite a peu de diftance du der- 
 nier endroit, un Chateau ruine, quelej 
 paifans nomment le Chateau Formica , 
 fltuefur une plaifante colline au pie de 
 laquelle il y a un pont fous lequel paiTe 
 
I 
 
 a very fmall ftream. This was repair’d 
 in the times of Pope Clement XII. 
 and (till preferves the name of Ponte 
 Formica. This place being not far 
 diftant from Otricoli, a town well 
 known to the ancients, it may not 
 be difagreable to the reader, to give 
 here fome fhort account of it. 
 
 The Caftle of Otricoli is called by 
 Strabo Ocriculum, as alfo by Anto- 
 ninus and Ptolemy, but by Taci- 
 tus it was named Otriculum, and 
 the Inhabitants are called by Pliny 
 in the VI. region, Otriculani , and 
 the city was alfo called ab Ocrea, 
 and Inter Ocrea. Near the Tyber, 
 are feen many veftiges of this an- 
 cient municipal town, and among 
 the reft, a fquare altar placed by the 
 
 '( 68 ) 
 
 cuj pa£a pochijjima acqua , rejlaurato 
 negP ultimi anni del Pcntificato di 
 Clemente XII. conferva antor egli 
 il name di Ponte Formica. EJJendo 
 quejii luoghi non molto lontani da 
 Otricoli , luogo ben noto appreffo gl' 
 antichi , non fard difearo al lettore 
 che io ne di a qui qualche fuccinta 
 notizia. 
 
 11 Cajlello cC Otricoli e da Stra- 
 lone detto Ocriculum, cosi da rfn- 
 tonino, e da To lame o - } ma da Tad to 
 jii detto Otriculum ; e da Plinio 
 nella V I. Regione fono nominati 
 gl’ Otriculani. Fu detto ancora ab 
 Ocrea £> inter Ocrea. Si vedono 
 vicino al Fever e tnolte vejligie di 
 qucjlo antico Municipio, e tra le 
 altre un ara quadrata pojla nella 
 publica Jlrada con due iferizioni , 
 
 un petit ruifleau. II fut repare dans 
 les dernieres annees du Pontificat de 
 Clement XII. & conferve encore le 
 nom de Ponte Formica. Cette Place 
 n’etant pas fort eloignee d’Otricoli, 
 ville fort connue par les anciens, il 
 ne fera pas defagreable au Lefteur d’en 
 trouver ici quelques petites remar- 
 ques. 
 
 Le Chateau d’Otricoli eft nomme 
 par Strabo Ocriculum , comme auffi 
 par Antoninus & Ptolomee ; mais Ta- 
 citus le nommoit Otriculum , & fes 
 
 habitans etoient appelles par Pline 
 dans la VI. Region, Otriculani , & 
 la vibe etoit aufli nominee ab Ocrea , 
 h inter Ocrea. L’on voit aupies du 
 Tybre plufieurs veftiges de cette an- 
 cienne place municipale, & entre 
 autre un Autel quarre place pres du 
 
publiek road, with two infcriptions, 
 in which this municipal town is men- 
 tioned together with its baths. 
 
 ( 69 ) 
 
 netie quail e nominato quejlo MunU chemin public, avec deux infcriptions 
 cipioy e It jut Ttrmt. qui font mention de cette ville mu- 
 
 nicipale Si de fes bains. 
 
 L. I V L. L. F. P A L. 
 
 IV LI ANO 
 IIII VI R. AED. 
 
 IIII VI R. I. D. 
 
 IIII VI R Q_V INQ. 
 Q^VINQ. II. DESIG. 
 PATRON O. MVNICIPI. 
 PLEBS. OB. MERITA 
 L. D. D, D. 
 
 IVLIjE L V CILLi-E 
 L. IVLI. IVLIANI. FIL. 
 PATRONI MVNICIPI 
 C. I VS. PATER 
 THERMAS OCRICVLANAS. 
 
 SOLO EXTRVCTAS 
 SVA PECVNIA. DON AVI 
 DEC. AVG. PLEBS 
 L. D. D. D. 
 
 Here are to be feen the remains of 
 an Amphitheatre, aquedu&s, Baths, 
 and other ancient ruins. Ammianus 
 MarcelJinus relates that buildings of 
 
 Qui ft vedotto avanzi di un Anfitea - 
 tro , d’ Aquedottiy di Terme , e di altre 
 antiche rovine. Si no a quejlo luogo 
 racconta Ammiano MarctUmo ejfere 
 
 L’on voit ici desreftes d’un Amphi- 
 theatre, Aqueducs, bains, & autres an- 
 ciens debris. Ammianus Marcellinus 
 racconte que Ton continua de batir dcs 
 
Temples, Arches and Sepulchres were 
 continued from this place even to 
 Rome, and that the Emperor Conftau- 
 tine, the firft time he went to Rome, 
 being ar! rived at this place, thought 
 he was already in the City. 
 
 Beyond Otricoli we arrive at the 
 Tyber, where are to be feen fome 
 Pillars of immenfe fize upon which 
 was erected one of the four bridges 
 built by Auguftus. Wecrofs the river 
 on the Ponte Felice , thus called from 
 the proper name of Pope Sixtus V, 
 who began to build it under the in- 
 fpetftion of Domenico Fontana. It was 
 finifhed by Pope Clement VIII, with 
 the afiiftance of John Fontana brother 
 to the former ; but with fome varia- 
 tions from that of Auguftus, and a dif- 
 ferent fituation. Before the times of 
 Sixtus the ancient bridge being ruined, 
 
 ( 7 ° ) 
 
 fiate coil continue le fabbriche Jino a 
 Roma di Tempj , A^chi, Sep leri, 
 che I' lmperator Cojlanzo ia primn 
 volta che venne in Roma , giunto a 
 quefto luogo , cred'e gib oi eJJ'cre nella 
 
 Citta. 
 
 PaJJ'ato Otricoli fi giunge al Te- 
 vcre, ove fi cjjervano a l qu anti piloni 
 di fmifuraia groJJ’ezza i fopra de quali 
 eravi fabbncato into di qttei quattro 
 ponti eretti da Augujio, Aaejfo il fni- 
 me fi pajfa per ponie Felice, Coil 
 detto dal nome proprio di Papa 
 Sijio V , il quale comincio a fabbri- 
 caolo con l' archiieitura di Domenico 
 Fontana , e lo termini Clemente F 111. 
 con I'aJJi/lenza ai Giovanni Fontana , 
 fratello del fopra detto , bcnche con 
 alcune variazioni , ed in diver Jo fito da 
 quello fabbricato da Augujio. Avanti 
 Sijio F. per ejfere l' antico ponte di - 
 
 I 
 
 Temples, Arches, & Sepulcrhes de- 
 puis cette place, jufqu’a R.ome, & que 
 la premiere fois que 1’Empereur Con- 
 ttantin allar a Rome, & qu’il tut arri- 
 ve dans cet endroit, il crut deja etre 
 dans la ville. 
 
 Pa lie Otricoli J’on vient au Tybre, 
 ou Pon voit des piiliers d’um- enorme 
 grolieur, fur k:quels etoit fitue Pun des 
 quatie pouts batis par Auguftus. L’on 
 traverfe la riviere fur le pont Felice , 
 qui portc le propre nom du Pape 
 Sixte V. qui l’avoit commence fous 
 I’infpedllon de Dominique Fontana. 
 Il fut acheve par 1c Pape Clement 
 VIII. avec l’affiftance de Jean Fon- 
 tana, frere du premier cependant 
 avec quelque changement, & une II- 
 tuation difference de celui d’Auguftus. 
 L’ancien pont etant ruine avant le 
 terns de Sixte V. 1’on traverfoit en 
 
 
the people pafied in boats, as Leandro 
 Alberti informs us. And in fadt, the 
 prefervation of that bridge was no 
 eafy matter, from the winding of the 
 river, and the continual impulfe of 
 the waters. 
 
 ( v ) 
 
 ruto pajfavaft in barca , come ci dice 
 Leandro Alberti ; ed in veritd fi 
 rende difficilijjima la conjervazione 
 di detto ponte per la tortuofita del 
 fiume , e i continui injulti delle 
 deque* 
 
 bateau, a ee que dit Leandro Alberti. 
 Et de fait, la confervation de ce’ pont 
 n’etoit pas une chofe fort facile, 
 par rapport aux detours de la ri- 
 viere, Si au mouvement continuel de 
 l’eau. 
 

 
 
 
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 VIEW 
 
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 borghetto; 
 
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 N°. XVI I. 
 
 TT^ His beautiful view is taken from 
 a public fountain, which lies at the foot 
 of a craggy hill called the Borghetto. 
 Upon coming from Rome you enter 
 a ruined town, where the poft is kept, 
 by a demolifh’d gate of antique ftruc- 
 ture. This town is near the Tyber, 
 and is called in the language of the 
 country the Borghetto di San Leonardo , 
 a beautiful tra<!ft of ground belonging 
 to the Hofpital of the Holy Ghoft at 
 Rome. In the year 1527. this town 
 
 ( 73 ) 
 
 V E DU T A 
 
 DEL 
 
 BORGHETTO. 
 
 N°. XVII . 
 
 T 1 A prefente amena veduta e prefa 
 da unapublica fonte , che e alleradici 
 dell' afpra falita detta del Borghetto. 
 Si entra in quejlo diruto Cajlello , ove 
 e la pojla , venendo da Roma per una 
 diruta porta di antica fojlruzzione. 
 E quejlo Cajlello prejfo al Tevere, det- 
 to nel Juo proprio vocabolo il Borghet- 
 to di San Leonardo, che e una bella 
 contrada foggetta all' Ojpcdale di San- 
 to Spirito in fajjia di Roma. Quejlo 
 Cajlello neli' anno l 527. per la mag- 
 K 
 
 VUE 
 
 D E 
 
 BORGHETTO. 
 
 N°. XVII. 
 
 Ette charmante vue eft prife d’une 
 fontaine publique placee au pie d’une 
 Colline efcarpee nommee Borghetto. 
 En venant de Rome, Ton entre par 
 une porte demolie, d’une conftrudlion 
 antique, dans une Ville ruinee. Cette 
 Ville fe nomme dans le langage du 
 Pays, la Borghetto di San Leonardo , 
 c’tft une belle campagne dependante 
 de l’Hopital du Saint-Efprit a Rome. 
 La plus grande partie de cette ville fut 
 reduite en cer.die, en 1527. par les 
 
was for the moil part burnt down by 
 the Venetian Soldiers who came to the 
 afliftance of Clement VII. who was 
 befieged in the Caftle of St. Angelo. 
 
 From this place to Narni, are ftill 
 to be feen many remains of the Flami- 
 nian way, which is avoided as much 
 as pofiible by the carriers, from the 
 many holes which are met with in it. 
 The ftreetof this name formeily began 
 at the Capitol, and reached to the 
 gate of the Slaves, under Aurelian the 
 Emperor, it extended from the Fla- 
 minian gate, to the bridge called Ponte 
 Molle. From this bridge the road on 
 the left was called the Via Cajfta, which 
 led to Tufcany ; the Flaminian way 
 Hill kept along the fide of the river, 
 which at prefent hath in feme places 
 altered its former channel. This road 
 was called the Flaminian, from C.Fla- 
 
 ( 74 ) 
 
 gior parte fu abbrugiato da i Soldati 
 Veneziani , che venivano in foccorfo di 
 Clemente VII. Papa, che era aJJ'ediato 
 nel Cajlel Sant' Angelo. 
 
 Da quejla parte, cio e da Narni fino 
 d quejlo luogo fi vedono grandi avanzi 
 della Via Flaminia ; la quale per altro 
 fi sfugge al pojjibile da i vetturini per 
 le molte buche , che ti s'incontrano. 
 Cominciava quefla Jlrada anticamente 
 fino fotto il Campidoglio, verfo la 
 piazza detta di Sciarra ; indi fotto 
 Aureliano Imperatore dalla porta Fla- 
 minia vicino alTevere, che profegui- 
 va fino a ponte Molle. Da quejlo ponte 
 la Jlrada a mano manca era la via 
 Caflia, che conduceva in Tofcana ; 
 la via Flaminia profegue fempre cojleg- 
 giando il fume, adejfo in qualche parte 
 trii variato il fuo antico Corfo. Sorti 
 la -a ia Flaminia un tal name da C. Fla- 
 
 Troupes Venetiennes qui etoient en» 
 voyees pour fecourir Clement VII. 
 qui etoit affiege dans le Chateau St. 
 Ange. 
 
 Depuis cette place jufqu’a Narni, 
 Ton voit encore plufieurs reftes de la 
 route Flaminienne, de laquelleles Voi- 
 turiers tachent des’ecarter autant qu’il 
 efi: poflible, par rapport aux mauvais 
 pas qui s’y rencontrent. Cette route 
 commen^oit anciennement au Capitole 
 & s’etendoit jufqu’a la porte des Efcla- 
 ves ; fous l’Empereur Aurelien elle s’e- 
 tendoit depuis la porte Flaminienne 
 jufqu’au Pont Molle. De ce pont, la 
 route fur la gauche, qui conduit dans 
 la Tofcane, fe nommoit la Via CaJJia, 
 Lechemin Fiaminien continue encore 
 au long de la riviere, laquelle a prefent 
 a changee en quelques endroits fon an- 
 cient cours. Ce'.te route fut nommee 
 
minius the Conful, who In the year of 
 Rome DXXIII. paved it with large 
 ftones as far as Rimini . L. Emilius his 
 Colleague continued it from that place 
 to Bologna, and from thence the road 
 and the Province were called Emilia. 
 The fame Emilius made two other pu- 
 blic ways, one from Rimini to Placen- 
 tia, the other as far as Aquileia. We are 
 told by Carolus Sigonius thatM. Emi- 
 lius Lepidus in his Cenforlhip after the 
 Gallic wars, caufed the laft mentioned 
 way to be made, which he executed 
 with immenfe labour and expence, 
 fparing neither the trouble of building 
 bridges, nor hewing through moun- 
 tains, as may be feen this day at the 
 paflage of Furlo, the Streights of Serra- 
 valle, and the mountain of Somma. 
 
 ( 75 ) 
 
 mime Confole , per aver ’ egli /’ anno 
 DXXIII. fatto lajlricare quejla Jlra- 
 da di grojfi J'elci fmo a Rimini. Da 
 quejla Citta fino d Bologna la conti- 
 uub L. Emilio fuo collega , ed indi la 
 Jlrada , e la Provincia furono dette 
 Emilia. SJuefio Emilio fecealtredue 
 frade, una da Rimini , fmo a Pia- 
 cenza j /’ altra fmo ad Aquileia. Ab- 
 biamo in Carlo Sigonio, che nella Cen- 
 Jura di M. Emilio Lepido doppo la 
 guerra Gallica egli faceffe la delta 
 Jlrada l' anno di Roma DXXX11I. 
 per la di cui Jofruzzione con immenfa 
 fatiga , e fpefa non fi rifparmio e fab- 
 brica di ponti , e taglio di montagne, 
 come ancora in oggi veder fi puole al' 
 pajfaggio del Furlo, alio frctto di Ser- 
 ravalle, t alia montagna di Somma. 
 
 Flaminienne, du Conful C. Fiaminiuj, 
 qui la fit paver de larges pierres julqu’a 
 Rimini, Pan de Rome DXXIII. Son 
 Collegue L. Emilius la continua juf- 
 qu’a Boulogne, & alors la route Sc la 
 Province furent nominees Emilia. Le 
 meme Emilius fit faire deux autres rou- 
 tes publiques, l’une de Rimini a Pla- 
 centia, l’autre jufqu’a Aquileia. Caro- 
 lus Sigonius racconte que M. Emilius 
 Lepidus etant Cenfor, apres la guerre 
 Gallic, fit faire le dernier chemin men- 
 tionne, Pan de Rome DXXXIII. & 
 Pacheva avec beaucoup de peine Sc de 
 depenfe, etant oblige de batir des ponts. 
 Sc de couper des montagnes ; comme 
 on peut le voir encore aujourd’huy au 
 paflage de Furlo, au chemin etroit de 
 Serravalle , & a la montagne di Somma . 
 
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 CASTELLAN A. 
 
 N°. XVIII. 
 
 "I' He Rock on which the City of 
 Cajlellana is built, forms an awful yet 
 pi&urefque Profpeft, particularly if it 
 be feen from the Flaminian way at a 
 place not far diftant where is a little 
 Church called the church of Santa Ma- 
 ria Imperatrice. 
 
 The origin of this City, which wri- 
 ters will have to be the ancient Faleria , 
 is thus defcribed by the Geographers 
 and Ecclefiaftical Hiftorians of the IX 
 and X centuries. The ancient Faleria 
 was fituated in the Flaminian way, 
 
 ( 77 ) 
 
 V E D U T A 
 
 di Civil a 
 
 CASTELLAN A. 
 
 N°. XVI II. 
 
 Rrida , ma pittorefca e la veduta 
 dello jcoglio fopra del quale e fondata 
 Civita Caftellana ; maJJimamente fe 
 fi vede dalla via Flaminia inluogo 
 non molto lontanoy ov' e una piccolo 
 Chieja detta Santa Maria Impe- 
 ratrice. 
 
 L' origine di quejla Citta , che fi 
 vuole fojfe V antica Faleria, Co it 
 viene defcrieta da i Geografi , e dagP 
 IJlorici Eccleftajlici del IX. e X. fe- 
 colo : E fituata P antica Faleria 
 ndla via Flaminia ftpra di un trto 
 
 VUE 
 
 de la Cite de 
 
 CASTELLAN A. 
 
 N°. XVIII. 
 
 JL> E Rocher fur lequel la Ville de 
 Cajlellana eft batie, eft affreux quoique 
 pi&orefque a la vue, particulierement ft 
 on le regarde du chemin Flaminien, a 
 un endroit qui eft peu eloigne d’une 
 petite Eglife nommee Santa Maria Im- 
 peratrice. 
 
 L’origine de cette Ville, laquelle eft 
 prife pour etre l’ancienne Faleria , eft 
 ainfi decrite par les Geographes, & les 
 Hiftoriens Ecclefiaftiques du IX & 
 X Siecles. L’ancienne Faleria etoit 
 fituee dans le chemin Flaminien, fur 
 
upon a mountain, where is at prefent 
 the city of Caflellana. The ancient city 
 being deftroyed, as Zonaras relates, the 
 Falifci built a new city upon a plain a 
 mile and an half diftant from the for- 
 mer, the ruins of which are to be feen 
 to this day, and which preferve the 
 name of Falaro or Talari . But the in- 
 habitants in procefs of time either from 
 voluntary motives, or being forced by 
 fome enemies, returned to their former 
 fituation, and having reftored their city, 
 gave it the name of Cajlellana. From 
 all this it appears that the city Caftel- 
 lana is the ancient Faleria. 
 
 There are many other opinions con- 
 cerning the origin of the city Caftella- 
 na, but we have here made ufe 
 only of the molt common, and this we 
 have done en pallant, without much 
 infilling upon an opinion which whe- 
 
 ( 78 ) 
 
 monte , nell' ijlejfo luogo ov' e prejente - 
 mente Civita Cajlellana. Dijlrutta 
 T antica , come racconta Zonara , fab- 
 bricarono i Falifci una nuova Citta 
 ml piano un miglio , e mezzo lontano 
 dall' antica , dove ancora in oggi ft 
 vedono le rovine , che confer-vano il 
 nome di Falaro, 0 Falari. Ma 0 Jpon- 
 taneamente , 0 dijlrutta da qualche ini- 
 mico , tornarono gl' abitatori alia pri- 
 mitiva loro fede , e rejlaurato il luogo 
 gli diedero il nome di Civita Caftel- 
 lana. Da tutto cio ft ricava che 
 Civita Cajlellana fia Jiato T antico 
 Faleria. 
 
 Molte altre opinion i ci fono fopra 
 T origine di Civita Cajlellana ; ma 
 noi ci fiamo ferviti della piu co- 
 mune ; e cib noi abbiamo fatto fo- 
 lo di paffaggio, fenza molto in - 
 fjlere fopra un, opinionej che per 
 
 une montagne, ouefla prefent la ville 
 de Caflellana. L’ancienne ville etant 
 detruite, ainfi que racconte Zonaras, 
 les Falifci en batirent une nouvelle 
 dans une plaine a un mile & demi de 
 Fancienne, dont on voit encore aujour- 
 d’hui les ruines qui confervent le nom 
 de Falaro ou Falari . Mais les Ha- 
 bitans dans la fuite des terns, foit de 
 leur propre volonte, ou y etant forces 
 par quelque ennemis, retournerent dans 
 leur premiere fituation, & ayant releves 
 leur ville, la nommerent Cajlellana. 
 Il paroit de tout cela, quc Caflellana 
 eft l’ancienne Faleria. 
 
 Il y a plufieurs autres opinions, tou- 
 chant l’origine de cette ville, mais nous 
 nous fervons ici de la plus commune, 
 fans vouloir infifter beaucoup pour de- 
 couvrir ft cette opinion eft bien fondee 
 ou non, etant certain qu’elle eft plus 
 
ther well founded or not, we are cer- 
 tain is more applauded than contradict- 
 ed. There are many learned men who 
 even at the prefent times have written 
 upon the origin of this city, fuch as 
 Holftenius, Fontanini, Cluverius, Har- 
 douin, Mafia, Cellarius, Mazzocchi, 
 Mammacchi, and others, taking it 
 to be either Veio, Fefcennia, or Faleria. 
 
 There is little obfervable in this 
 City, except its Fortrefs built upon the 
 declivity of the rock, 2S our view dif- 
 coveis. This Fortrefs was built by Mi- 
 chael Angelo Buonaroti, and is much 
 efteetn’d for its beauty and confiruClion, 
 although our modern fortifications are 
 very different. There alfo maybe feen 
 the Cathedral, the town clock, and 
 the Palace of the Counts Petronii, 
 Knights of Rome. This City is four 
 
 ( 79 ) 
 
 ben fondata che fia , e piu applaudita 
 fappiamo che e contrajlata. Mold 
 fono gl' Eruditi' che fiYio ad ora han- 
 no fcritto fopra V origine di quejla 
 Citta, come l' Oiflenio , il Fontanini , 
 il Cluverio , V Arduino, il Maffa , il 
 Cel/ario, il Mazzocchi , il Mammae - 
 chi, ed altri , volendo che quivi fojfe 
 o Veio, o Fefcennia, o Faleria. 
 
 In quejla piccola Citta non vi e di 
 ojfervabile che la Fortezza Jlabilita 
 fopra la pendice di quejlo fcoglio, come 
 dimojlra la nojira veduta. E quejla 
 fortezza architettata da Michel An- 
 gelo Buonaroti , ed e molto fimata per 
 la fua bellczza, e fojlruzioni, quantun- 
 que in oggi le fortifcazionl militari 
 fiano molto differenti. Vi 'e ancora d'of- 
 fervabile la Catedrale , I'Orologio pub- 
 blico , e il Palazzo de Conti Petronii 
 
 applaudie que contredite. Il y a plu- 
 fieurs Savans, meme a 1’heure qu’il 
 eft, qui ont ecrits touchant Porigine 
 de cette Ville, tels que Holftenius, 
 Fontanini, Cluverius, Hardouin, Mafia, 
 Cellarius, Mazzocchi, Mammacchi, 
 & plufieurs autres, qui Pont prife 
 pour etre ou Veio , ou Fefcennia, ou 
 bien Faleria. 
 
 Il y a peu de chofe remarquable 
 dans cette Ville, excepte fa Forte- 
 refie, fituee fur la pente du rocher, 
 comme le demontre la prefente vue. 
 Cette Forterefie fut batie par Michel 
 Angelo Buonaroti, & eft fort eftimee 
 pour fa beaute & fa conftru&ion, quoi- 
 que les fortifications modernes foient 
 toutes differentes. L’on peut voir aufii 
 la Cathedrale, PHorloge public, & le 
 Palais des Comtes Petronii, Chevaliers 
 
Potts diftant from Rome, but its 
 view with that of the circumjacent 
 Cattles, I referve for the enfuing 
 Volume. 
 
 ( So ) 
 
 Cavalier i Romani. E quejla Cittd 
 lontana da Roma quatro pojle ; It di 
 cui vedute , t de circonvicini Cajlelli , 
 riferbo di pubblicarle nt i fujfeguenti 
 Volumi. 
 
 Romains. Cette Ville eft a quatre Po- 
 ftes de Rome ; nous nous propofons de 
 donner la defcription de fa vue & celle 
 des chateaux circonvoifms, dans le Vo- 
 lume fuivant. 
 
 Fine della Parte prima. 
 
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