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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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buneof the high altar was painted by I. Coppi. The new confessional,built by Pius IX., contains the tomb of the seven Maccabees. Herealso are preserved the chains of S. Peter. The last altar but oneof the other aisle has a S. Sebastian, a mosaic of the seventh century.In the sacristy there are the Liberation of S. Peter, liy Domenichino;a Holy Family and Faith, of the school of G. Romano. Guido RenisHope M^as in this chiuch, but it has been replaced by a copy, theoriginal haying been sold to an Irish gentleman. From the front of the church a lane on our left, Via della Pol-VERiERA, leads, left (carriage right), to the Via Labicane, a short dis-tance up which is the entrance to NEROS GOLDEN HOUSE. Entrance through a gate on the left; one of the custodi spealcsEnglish. Fee, one lira : Sundai/s, free. He completed his palace by continuing it from the Palatine tothe Esquiline, calling the building at first only The Passage; butafter it was burned down and rebuilt, The Golden House. Of its
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226 RAMBLK IV. dimensions and fuiniiture it may be sufficient to say this much:—Theporch was so high that there stood in it a colossal statue of himself 120feet in height; and the space included in it was so ample that it hadtriple porticoes a mile in length, and a lake like a sea, surrounded withbuildings which had the appearance of a city. Within its area werecorn-fields, vineyards, pastures, and woods, containing a vast numberof animals of various kinds, both wild and tame. In other parts itwas entirely overlaid with gold, and adorned with jewels and mother-of-pearl. The supper-rooms were vaulted, and compartments of theceilings, inlaid with ivory, were made to revolve and scatter flowers,while they contained pipes which shed scents upon the guests. Thechief banqueting room was circular, and revolved perpetually, nightand day, in imitation of the motion of the celestial bodies. Uponthe dedication of this magnificent house Nero said, in approval of it, that he had now a dwelling f

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