Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List Of Illustrations In Volume II
- CHAPTER XXX CIVITA VECCHIA—CENTUM CELLÆ.
- CHAPTER XXXI SANTA MARINELLA—PUNICUM
- CHAPTER XXXII SANTA SEVERA.—PYRGI
- CHAPTER XXXIII CERVETRI—AGYLLA OR CÆRE.
- CHAPTER XXXIV PALO—ALSIUM
- CHAPTER XXXV LUNI—LUNA
- CHAPTER XXXVI PISA.—PISÆ.
- CHAPTER XXXVII FIRENZE.—FLORENTIA
- CHAPTER XXXVIII FIESOLE.—FÆSULÆ
- CHAPTER XXXIX SIENA—SENA.
- CHAPTER XL VOLTERRA.—VOLATERRÆ
- CHAPTER XLI VOLTERRA.—VOLATERRÆ
- CHAPTER XLII THE MAREMMA
- CHAPTER XLIII POPULONIA—POPULONIA
- CHAPTER XLIV ROSELLE—RUSELLÆ
- CHAPTER XLV TELAMONE—TELAMON
- CHAPTER XLVI ORBETELLO
- CHAPTER XLVII ANSEDONIA—COSA
- CHAPTER XLVIII VETULONIA
- CHAPTER XLIX SATURNIA—SATURNIA
- CHAPTER L CHIUSI—CLUSIUM
- CHAPTER LI CHIUSI—CLUSIUM
- CHAPTER LII CHIUSI—CLUSIUM
- CHAPTER LIII CETONA AND SARTEANO
- CHAPTER LIV CHIANCIANO AND MONTEPULCIANO
- CHAPTER LV AREZZO—ARRETIUM
- CHAPTER LVI CORTONA—CORTONA
- CHAPTER LVII PERUGIA—PERUSIA
- CHAPTER LVIII PERUGIA—PERUSIA
- CHAPTER LIX ROME
- Index
- ERRATA IN VOL. II.
- Maps
CHAPTER LV - AREZZO—ARRETIUM
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List Of Illustrations In Volume II
- CHAPTER XXX CIVITA VECCHIA—CENTUM CELLÆ.
- CHAPTER XXXI SANTA MARINELLA—PUNICUM
- CHAPTER XXXII SANTA SEVERA.—PYRGI
- CHAPTER XXXIII CERVETRI—AGYLLA OR CÆRE.
- CHAPTER XXXIV PALO—ALSIUM
- CHAPTER XXXV LUNI—LUNA
- CHAPTER XXXVI PISA.—PISÆ.
- CHAPTER XXXVII FIRENZE.—FLORENTIA
- CHAPTER XXXVIII FIESOLE.—FÆSULÆ
- CHAPTER XXXIX SIENA—SENA.
- CHAPTER XL VOLTERRA.—VOLATERRÆ
- CHAPTER XLI VOLTERRA.—VOLATERRÆ
- CHAPTER XLII THE MAREMMA
- CHAPTER XLIII POPULONIA—POPULONIA
- CHAPTER XLIV ROSELLE—RUSELLÆ
- CHAPTER XLV TELAMONE—TELAMON
- CHAPTER XLVI ORBETELLO
- CHAPTER XLVII ANSEDONIA—COSA
- CHAPTER XLVIII VETULONIA
- CHAPTER XLIX SATURNIA—SATURNIA
- CHAPTER L CHIUSI—CLUSIUM
- CHAPTER LI CHIUSI—CLUSIUM
- CHAPTER LII CHIUSI—CLUSIUM
- CHAPTER LIII CETONA AND SARTEANO
- CHAPTER LIV CHIANCIANO AND MONTEPULCIANO
- CHAPTER LV AREZZO—ARRETIUM
- CHAPTER LVI CORTONA—CORTONA
- CHAPTER LVII PERUGIA—PERUSIA
- CHAPTER LVIII PERUGIA—PERUSIA
- CHAPTER LIX ROME
- Index
- ERRATA IN VOL. II.
- Maps
Summary
Sic tempora verti
Cernimus, atque illas adsumere robora gentes,
Concidere has.
Ovid.“Can any good come out of Nazareth?” was asked of old. “Can any good come elsewhere than from Arezzo?” one is ready to inquire, on beholding the numerous tablets in the streets of that city, recording the unparalleled virtues and talents of her sons. Here dwelt “the monarch of wisdom,” —there “an incomparable pupil of Melpomene,” —this was “the stoutest champion of Tuscany, the dread and terror of the Turks,” —and that,—the world ne'er saw his like,—for
“Natura il fece, e poi ruppe la stampa”—
no unapt metaphor for a city of potters, as this was of old. Verily may it be said, “Parlano in Arezzo ancora i sassi ” —the very stones are eloquent of the past glories of Arezzo, and of her maternal pride. Yet some of her children's names have filled the trump, not of Tuscan, but of universal fame; and the city which has produced a M%cenas and a Petrarch may be pardoned for a little vanity.
It is not for me to set forth the modern glories of Arezzo —her Cathedral with its choice monuments of sculpture and painting—the quaint-fashioned church of La Pieve— the localities“ immortalised by Boccaccio—the delightful promenade on the ramparts—the produce of her vineyards, renowned in ancient times, and sung at the present day, as the juice which
Vermigliuzzo,
Brillantuzzo,
Fa superbo 1’ Aretino.
But I may assure the traveller that nowhere on his journeyings in Etruria will he find better accommodation than at La Posta or Le Armi d’ Inghilterra, at Arezzo.
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- The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria , pp. 417 - 431Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1848