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SAtulrea, it Monte (ava)do. 38. S. Pantaleo. 45. Rraectlono. 81. S. Andrea in Manturria . 85. Terrne JidOutus .Emitins. 28. Pal Mallet. 33. S. Pietro. 39. M. Capita limns. 29. S3 thtlu nna ‘78. Cartel eh -S. Angelo. 52. .Pantheon. 86. M.Vaeuni. 34. Vatican o. 40. Castor 2- Polio ex. 87. M.Severus at Virgil 30. Tor'tie Speech i. 41. Gallery of Futures. 47. .7 Giacomo do SpagnAoh- 53- S.Agostino. ■35. Sutruurv. All / /I 11 ,1 1 Cl / / ,/ l l /'/ ( . « .. - A"? \/1nt'r A]u J'riJJ J 1 . 36. S3 Giovanni Droollain. DESCRIPTION op A VIEW ROME, ANCIENT AND MODERN; WITH CJe suramnbinjj Country TAKEN FROM THE TOWER OF THE CAPITOL. W©W AT THE PANORAMA, LEICESTER SQUARE. me mss ROBERT BURFORD, FROM DRAWINGS TAKEN BY HI VI SELF IN 1837. 210 it bon: PRINTED BY T. BRETTELL, RUPERT STREET, HAYMARKET. 1839. IN THE UPPER CIRCLE, Q§ RB@W ©IPIIRflj A SPLENDID VIEW THE RUINS OF THE COLISEUM, AND PART OF ANCIENT ROME. Admittance, One Shilling. R O M E Imperial Rome ! a the eternal City !” the ancient capital of the world degraded as is her present state—her greatness passed—her temples deserted and plundered, and her matchless monuments of art fast mouldering to dust, is still one of the most interesting spots in the world : enough remains to tell of former power and magnificence ; enough to attract poets, painters, and scholars, from the most distant countries, to admire, to draw, or to meditate over the Queen of Nations in her majestic ruin; and whilst one stone remains on another, to mark her site to future ages, so peculiar and powerful are the associations and attractions, that, to the learned and scientific, she will, even in the latest period of her decay, present greater claims to attention, than any other city in the proudest season of its prosperity. Rome forms an important and splendid portion of the history of the world, and is familiar to all from childhood : our earliest years are passed amongst her poets, orators, and historians; in ancient history her name is in every page, in modern it is conspicuous; the most unlettered know more of Rome than of any other nation. In viewing her ruins a thousand recollections crowd upon the mind—a thousand enthusiastic feelings rush upon the heart: the remembrance of her power, wealth, and love for the arts, and the virtue and heroism of her citizens, recur to the least classical imagination; every stone tells a tale of the past; each broken column, or fallen arch, is some well-known relic of human greatness, which speaks a lesson of wisdom. Rome, from whatever quarter it is viewed, stands unrivalled, and is, in the mass, incomparably the finest city in the world; few others have such vast and magnificent monuments, such gigantic fragments, to tell of former grandeur; none so many proud temples and gorgeous palaces, as adorn its modern state. The present Panorama, taken from the tower of the Capitol, which stands, as it were, between the ancient and modern portions, which are strikingly distinct, embraces every object of interest in both, and will convey to the minds of those who have not seen Rome a perfect picture of all its wonders, vividly recall its remembrance to those who have, and prove to the classical scholar, who is not so fortunate as to be able to visit scenes so often present to his imagination, a source of infinite pleasure, by eluci¬ dating, in a most clear and forcible manner, many passages in his favourite authors. Towards the south stands the time-stricken mistress of the world; honoured ruins defying alike the united attacks of time and barbarism:— -“ All that yet is fair Seems only spared to tell liovv much hath perished there.” In the immediate foreground is the grass-grown Forum, with its defaced triumphal arches, mouldering porticos, and prostrate columns, each relic rendered sacred by history. At a little distance rise the lofty arches, so long miscalled the Temple of Peace, the stately arcades of the gigantic Coliseum, and the vast masses of the Caesarian Palace, nodding over the Palatine Hill, all inconceivably grand, even in their nakedness; beyond, the superb temples of St. John of the Lateran, Santa Maria, and Santa Croce, rise proudly pre-eminent amid the extensive waste. Around, the eye ranges over the storied plain of Latium, the land once so populous, the theatre of such striking events, now the desolate Campagua, where 4 silence and solitude have succeeded the din and tumult of the conquerors of the earth, who once trod the soil. The wooded height of Castel Gandolfo swells boldly above the deserted plain, and the horizon is bounded by the volcanic group of the Latian hills, including Monte Cavi, the Alban Mount, Frascati, and other well-known and interesting spots. To the N.E. the Tiber rolls its desolate course ; beyond which rise the Tiburtine Mount, and the range of the Sabine Ilills, with Palestrina, Tivoli, &c., backed by the lofty and snow-clad Appennines, an immense and bold boundary. Towards the west the modern city strikes the beholder with astonishment: the number and diversity of the cupolas and towers, the great extent and architectural beauty of the palaces, and other stupendous structures, which meet the eye in every direction, and which the nature of the ground throws into the boldest exhibition, is unequalled; amongst them, the immense pile of the Vatican, the lofty and magnificent cupola of St. Peter’s, and the enormous dome of the Pantheon, command attention. All around, where not obstructed by the superior height of the buildings, the view is bounded by hills and mountains, no less famous in history, than beautiful in form and colouring. The remains of ancient Rome may be classed in three distinct periods : of the first, the works of the Kings, embracing a period of 244 years, from the foundation of the city by Romulus to the expulsion of Tarquinius Supurhus, very little has escaped the ravages of time; the Tullian walls and prison, with the Cloaca Maxima, being the only identified remains. Of the works of the Republic, which lasted 461 years, although the city, during that period, was more than once besieged, burned, and sacked, many works are extant ;—the military ways and aqueducts, the Pantheon, and some small temples and tombs. But it was during the third period, that of the Emperors, that Rome attained the meridian of her glory.
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