File:Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna (1877) (14590301929).jpg

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Title: Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stieler, Karl, 1842-1885 Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio, conte, 1843-1913, former owner. IU-R Paulus, Eduard, 1837-1907 Kaden, Woldemar, 1838-1907 Trollope, Frances Eleanor, d. 1913 Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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ozzo. Here, in the month of August of the year1268, ended the brave and beautiful race of Hohenstaufen, overthrown, even to the dust,by French arms, which a Pope had consecrated against Germany ; crushed in its lasthopeful blossom, by a French Prince. Upon this stage, full of Italian charm and beauty,on the poplar-fringed borders of the rivers Imele and Salto, on the high tableland abovethe lake, Charles of Anjou conquered the valiant, but youthful and inexperienced, 304 ITALY. Conradin. The latter fled, accompanied only by a few faithful followers, across theSabine Hills to Rome, and thence to Astura. There stands to this day the solitary toweron the Latin coast, sad and melancholy, beside the blue waves, which seemed to promisehelp and safety to the fugitive. The yellow waters of the Salto flow murmuringly on, andcould tell many a tale of that sultry summer day on which the flower of German andItalian chivalry fought on its banks against the ragged Provencal troops, and were finally
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C1VITELLA. overcome. Beneath yonder hills shone the watchfires of the victorious Charles of Anjou ;the noise of drunken soldiers, and the revelry of victory resounded on all sides ; and thegloomy Charles, whom not even victory could rouse from his sullen moodiness, sat in theroyal tent and dictated the despatch which was to carry the good news of success to PopeClement the Fourth, who was anxiously awaiting the tidings in Rome. A bridle path, only practicable for mules and donkeys, leads from Canistro over theZoglietta, by the Serra di Sant Antonio, the well-watered valley of the Geanara, and pastFilettino to Trevi and Guercino. It is a lonely and fatiguing ride. There are very fewinhabitants among these hills, whose stony soil refuses to nourish corn or vines. Somepoor olive trees grow sparsely round a solitary hut here and there. Coarse grass andherbage grow on the little scraps of pasture land, high among the hills, and the sheep ofthe Campagna climb up hither to pass the summer, w

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