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Title: Guide to Italy and Sicily
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Macmillan & Co
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Publisher: London, MacMillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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At itsentrance on the rt. a few stepsascend to the little Church of S.Michele, with asmall but picturesqueCampanile, and the tomb of RaphaelMengs (1779). At the end of thestreet, by the Church of S. Spirito(p. 243), we turn to the rt., andsoon reach the Porta S. Spirito.Just beyond the gate the carriageroad over the Janiculum followsthe course of the Vatican walls (p.259), while a straight lane on thert. ascends to the Church of S.Onofrio, in the Convent of whichTasso died (25 Apr. 1595), andwhere he is buried. It was builtin 1439, and dedicated to theEgyptian hermit, Honuphrius. Thelittle Piazza in front of the churchaffords a good view of the city. Theportico is adorned with frescoes byDomenichino, those in the arcade tothe rt. representing scenes in thelife of St. Jerome. In the interiorof the church on the left is theoriginal monument to Tasso, erectedafter his death by Cardinal Bevilac-qua. The first chapel on the leftcontains the poets tomb, with apoor monument by Fabris. In the
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To face GUIDE TO ITALY Rome- X. The Janiculum 259 next chapel is the tomb of the cele-brated linguist, Cardinal Mezzofanti(1849). The tribune contains fres-coes by Baldassare Peruzzi. TheConvent is now a childrenshospital. On the first floor is aroom once inhabited by Tasso, withrelics of the poet. In a passageleading to it is a good fresco of theVirgin and Child, by a follower ofLeonardo da Vinci. On rising ground above the formergarden of the Convent stands Tassosoak, with rows of seats where mem-bers of the Arcadian Academy usedformerly to meet in summer. Herethe carriage may be joined, or thepedestrian may walk along theridge of the hill, enjoying thefinest general view obtainable ofRome, and one of the most interest-ing prospects in the world. The Janiculum Hill takes itsname from the god Janus, who issupposed to have had a temple herein pre - historic times. AncusMartius, fourth king of Rome, bybuilding the tirst bridge over theTiber, connected this hill with therest of Rome. Ne

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