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SEEING EUROPE - WITH FAMOUS - AUTHORS
SELECTED AND EDITED - WITH - INTRODUCTIONS, ETC. - BY - FRANCIS W. HALSEY
IN TEN - VOLUMES - ILLUSTRATED - Vol. VII - ITALY, SICILY, AND GREECE - Part One
INTRODUCTION TO VOLUMES VII AND VIII - Italy, Sicily and Greece
CONTENTS OF VOLUME VII - Italy, Sicily, and Greece—Part One
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I. ROME
THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE CITY - BY JOSEPH ADDISON
THE PALACE OF THE CÆSARS - BY RODOLFO LANCIANI
THE COLISEUM - BY GEORGE STILLMAN HILLARD
A richly illustrated anthology brings together the words of renowned travelers, poets and historians as they marvel at Italy, Sicily and Greece. Written at the dawn of modern tourism, the passages capture the excitement of steam‑ship voyages and the practical choices of routes, while the lush prose paints the landscapes as “the garden of the world.” Readers hear the reverence for ancient ruins, the scent of fertile valleys and the echo of centuries‑old stone against a backdrop of emerging rail travel.
The collection unfolds the layered story of a continent where Pelasgian myth, Etruscan grandeur, Greek colonies and Roman empire sit side by side with medieval Lombard crowns and Renaissance city‑states. Through the eyes of famous authors, the surviving temples of Paestum, the bustling ports of Palermo and the timeless allure of Greek antiquity become vivid waypoints for anyone dreaming of a Mediterranean adventure.
Full title
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One)
Language
en
Duration
~5 hours (297K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2006-07-16
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

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