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Title: Rambles in Rome : an archæological and historical guide to the museums, galleries, villas, churches, and antiquities of Rome and the Campagna
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Forbes, S. Russell
Subjects: Art -- Rome Rome -- Guidebooks Rome -- Antiquities
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can be provided in the Temple of Vesta attached to the
inn. Pension at both houses.

THE VILLA D'ESTE,

near the entrance of the town from Rome, first turning left. It is orna-
mented with fountains, ilexes, cypresses, formal plantations and
clipped hedges—all very stiff amidst so much natural beauty. The
casino is decorated with frescoes by F. Zucchero and Muziano.
The villa has been neglected and deserted by its present proprietor,

RAMBLES IN THE CAMPAGNA. 319

Cardinal Baroli, and is fast going to ruin and decay : this rather adds
to its picturesque and haunted appearance. If Scott or Dickens had
only made it the scene of one of their tales, it might have become
historical.
If your time he limited, omit this villa,

THE ANCIENT TIBUR

was delightfully situated on the Sabine Hills. The modern town,
of 7000 inhabitants, has few attractions except its charming situa-
tion and past recollections. It bore the name of Tibur in antiquity,
and during the Augustan age the Roman nobles founded splendid
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GROTTO OF THE SIBVL, TIVOLI.

villas there, among which were those of Augustus himself, Maecenas,
and the Emperor Hadrian. The beauties of Tivoli and the suriround-
ing country were recorded in undying verse by Horace, whose Sabine
farm was not far distant, and who seems to have delighted to dwell
in retirement in the neighbourhood rather than in noisy, bustling
Rome. The old town held in high reverence Hercules, the Sibyl,
and Vesta, and the remains of temples dedicated to the latter are
still visible immediately above the cascades on the edge of the
present city limits. It is generally in Vesta's temple that tourists to
the locality spread out and partake of the provisions brought with
them from Rome: this is only advisable in warm weather. This
circular Temple of Vesta is surrounded by an open corridor of
Corinthian columns, ten of which still remain. It was destroyed

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