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Italian Highways and Byways From a Motor Car
WORKS OF FRANCIS MILTOUN
Rambles on the Riviera$2.50
Rambles in Normandy2.50
Rambles in Brittany2.50
The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine2.50
The Cathedrals of Northern France2.50
The Cathedrals of Southern France2.50
In the Land of Mosques and Minarets3.00
Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country3.00
Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces3.00
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car3.00
The Automobilist Abroadnet 3.00
Postage Extra
L. C. PAGE & COMPANY New England Building, Boston, Mass.
I t a l i a n H i g h w a y s a n d Byways from a Motor Car
B y F r a n c i s M i l t o u n O. N. I. Author of “Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine,” “Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre,” “In the Land of Mosques and Minarets,” etc. With Pictures B y B l a n c h e M c M a n u s
Boston L. C. P A G E & C O M P A N Y 1909 Copyright, 1909 By L. C. Page & Company (INCORPORATED) —— All rights reserved First Impression, May, 1909 Electrotyped and Printed at THE COLONIAL PRESS: C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, U.S.A.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Way about Italy 1
II. Of Italian Men and Manners23
III. Chianti and Macaroni41
IV. Italian Roads and Routes60
V. In Liguria81
VI. The Riviera di Levante108
VII. On Tuscan Roads124
VIII. Florentine Backgrounds144
IX. The Road to Rome164
X. The Campagna and Beyond181
XI. La Bella Napoli196
XII. The Beautiful Bay of Naples207
XIII. Across Umbria to the Adriatic225
XIV. By Adriatic’s Shore237
XV. On the Via Æmilia260
XVI. I Venetia277
XVII. Through Italian Lakeland309
XVIII. Milan and the Plains of Lombardy333
XIX. Turin and the Alpine Gateways346
XX. From the Italian Lakes to the Riviera360
Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, Z371
PAGE
In Bologna (See page 266)Frontispiece
Map of Italyfacing 2
Italy in the XVIII Century (map)24
Barberino di Mugellofacing 26
A Chianti Sellerfacing 32
A Wayside Trattoriafacing 42
Road Map of North Italyfacing 72
Italian Road Signs77
Profile Road Map, Bologna—Florence79
Palazzo Doria, Genoafacing 100
Genoa (map)101
Sun Dial, Genoa106
Rapallofacing 110
Rapallo and its Gulf (map)111
Lucca (arms)122
On a Tuscan Highwayfacing 124
Florence and Its Palaces (map)134
Torch-holders, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence136
Palazzo Vecchio, Florencefacing 136
A Lantern, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence137
San Gimignanofacing 138
Volterra (map)140
Villa Palmieri (diagram)148
Fiesole150
Palazzo Della Signoria, Sienafacing 164
Orvietofacing 168
Arms of Various Papal Families172
Castle of Sant’Angelo, Romefacing 174
Palazzo Vaticano (diagram)175
The Borgia Window, Romefacing 176
Papal Arms of Caesar Borgia177
Arms of a Medicis Prelate178
Villa Medici, Romefacing 178
Subiacofacing 190
Villa d’Este, Tivolifacing 192
Hadrian’s Villa (diagram)194
Naples (diagram)196
Castello dell’Ovo, Naplesfacing 202
The Bay of Naples (map)208
Ischiafacing 212
Lava Beds of Vesuvias (map)213
The Excavations of Pompeii (diagram)216
The Environs of Pompeiifacing 218
Assisi (arms)228
Assisi: Its Walls, Castle, and Church (diagram)229
Architectural Detail, Perugiafacing 230
Palazzo Ducale, Urbinofacing 232
Brindisi; The Terminal Column of the Appian Way240
Trajan’s Arch, Anconafacing 242
Castel Malatesta, Riminifacing 244
Palazzo di Teodorico, Ravennafacing 248
Column to Gaston de Foix, Ravenna249
The Madonna of Chioggia252
Borgia Arms254
Ferrarafacing 254
Casa del Petrarca, Arqua259
Bologna (diagram)267
The Leaning Towers of Bolognafacing 268
Parma (arms)272
Piacenza (diagram)275
Padua (arms)278
In Paduafacing 280
Palaces of the Grand Canal, Venice (diagram)289
The so-Called “House of Desdemona,” Venice290
Asolo296
Vicenza (diagram)300
Vicenzafacing 302
Seal of Verona304
Pallazzo Ducal, Mantua311
On the Lago Di Gardafacing 314
Castle of Bresciafacing 316
Bergamofacing 318
The Italian Lakes (map)319
On the Lago Di Comofacing 322
Cadenabbia324
On the Lago Di Maggiorefacing 326
Ortafacing 330
A Lombard Fêtefacing 334
The Ancient Castle of Milanfacing 338
The Iron Crown of Lombardy345
Palazzo Madonna, Turinfacing 346
On the Strada, Moncenisiofacing 350
Castle of Fénisfacing 358
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