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OverviewGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1911 Original Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company Subjects: Italy Cities and towns Venice (Italy) History / Europe / Italy Social Science / Sociology / Urban Travel / Europe / Italy Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II PADUA THE LEARNED Antenor, from the midst of Grecian hosts Escaped, was able safe to penetrate The Illyrian bay, and see the interior realms Of the Tiburni, and to pass beyond -- Founded the walls of Padua, and built The Trojan seat, and to the people gave A name, and there affixed the arms of Troy. Now, laid at rest, he sleeps in placid peace. -- Crouch's Virgil. It was now the middle of the afternoon. Rather exhausted by the heat of the trip, we at once sought a siesta in the comfortable chambers secured at low figures, after ascertaining that that arrangement for meals would prevail which is now customary in most northern Italian towns: viz., morning cafe complet at lire 1.25, and tabled la carte for the other meals. This method is not only more satisfactory to most foreigners, who are very tired of long table d'hote meals and usually fond of a certain few dishes, but it is also much more inexpensive for a party. By five o'clock we had sallied out for our first walk of revisit about the charming old city. Our starting- point, the Piazza Garibaldi, is one of two widenings of that other main thoroughfare of the central section which curves around from its north gate and along its eastern side, just within the old eastern moat; Via Garibaldi they call it, also Via Otto Febbraio and Via Roma. It has become by accident the centre of modern life and shopping. In its middle part the oldarcades tha... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Egerton Ryerson WilliamsPublisher: General Books LLC Imprint: General Books LLC Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.466kg ISBN: 9781150694530ISBN 10: 115069453 Pages: 316 Publication Date: 23 December 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |