Famosi castelli e palazzi d'Italia . RIPRISTINATO; come Sant Angelo capitolò withoutfiring un colpo; come Roma per sei anni faceva parte dell Impero Francese. Poi è venuto il male giorni di s.s. alleanza, rotto da un transitorio di scorcio del sole risplendere nel 1849. Più di uno sforzo è stato compiuto da theItalian patrioti al possesso di guadagno della maggior parte ancientstronghold spirituale e temporale dispotismo. Con-scious che il suo potere appoggiato non in torri e mura,stanco, Papa Pio IX, che sfortunato ofgenerations erede dei tiranni, iniziò la demolizione di thefortifications di Urbano VIII Rapidamente la cittadella beganto

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Famous castles and palaces of Italy . restored; how Sant Angelo capitulated withoutfiring a shot; how Rome for six years formed part ofthe French empire. Then came the bad days of theHoly Alliance, broken by a transient glimpse of sun-shine in 1849. More than one effort was made by theItalian patriots to gain possession of the most ancientstronghold of spiritual and temporal despotism. Con-scious that his power rested not in towers and walls, the weary Pope, Pius IX., that unlucky heir ofgenerations of tyrants, began the demolition of thefortifications of Urban VIII. Rapidly the citadel beganto resume the aspect it had worn to the eyes of theearly pastors of Christendom, even as the Church itselfreturned slowly and reluctantly to the old ideals. Onthe memorable 20th September 1870 the papalgarrison, without striking a blow, evacuated the fortress.A few minutes later, and the flag of United Italyfluttered beside the figure of the angel. He mightwell sheath his sword to the hilt now that the Churchhas for ever sheathed hers.. ow < a z; -o < cm « O c w i J c SANT ANGELO AND THE VATICAN 53 The passage is closed now that leads from the oldfortress of the popes to the palace which is all thatremains to-day of their temporal dominions. TheVatican, it has been somewhere said, is the smalleststate in Europe—a somewhat exaggerated description, for under the law of guarantees its exterritoriality issubjected to important limitations. But if not thesmallest state it is incontestably the largest palace inEurope—very probably in the world. It is three hun-dred and eighty-four yards in length and two hundredand fifty-six in breadth, and contains about a thousandchambers of all descriptions — certainly not eleventhousand, as has so often been stated. To these wemust add twenty courts, eight grand staircases, andtwo hundred smaller ones. A prodigious pile surely, yet by no means impressive, as it bulks shapeless andvast behind the colonnade of St Peters. No plan orsymmetry

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• bookcentury1900
• bookdecade1910
• booksubjectpalaces
• bookyear1912