THE STANDARD GUIDE ITA L Y A Handbook of Miscellaneous Information for the Tourist 1 9 1 2 P resented with the Compliments of the STANDARD ITALIAN TRAVEL ASSOCIATION o ri C py ght 1911 by G . F att o russo TUNIS OF ITALY S H OWING RAIL WAY L INES ROME . A U RORA BY GU IDO RE N I ITALY Fo r th e To u r i s t H E who has no t explo red Ita ly knows but little o f the delights o f travel . Ita ly has ever possessed fo r the to urist a ch arm bee , yond all other co untri es. A ch arm no t merely o f a t tra on b t o f ers sten e o te o f o u s e o cti , u p i c , f n c mp l i on ; h wh o n e o es to I ta us a returns and ten re a ns c c m ly , u lly , of m i in permanent a nd willing fascinati o n. Altho ugh so much has been said a nd written a bo ut e e l or ma be to Ita the a has n er et en to , n ly , h lf v y b d y ld — ’ ‘ in words ; the Wond f s of Na ture a nd Art c anno t be ex iessed In ere s ns and s mbols translated so fu lly p m ig y , ‘ to spea k into a lesser form o f sp eech . To be iindérsiOo d they must themselves utter thei r mysteries di rect to the e s e er s a t e e o re the e es o f the e a rs o f th li t n , di pl y h m b f y a ea to his e art w t t e r on ro us beho lder, thus pp ling h i h h i w d VOIces. ’ A TRA VELLERS PARADISE . ITALY Is literally a Travellers Paradise ; every city and a lmost every little town is important either his toric a lly o r picturesq uely . TH E STANDARD GUIDE TO ITALY During severa l centuri es Its people p ro duced much , ' t at is rea and e en er s a e In Art and e e h g v imp i h bl Sci nc , Its l at lectua l le a ders gave a p owerful impulse to crea tIo n 1 o t o f t ese re b h h by vivifying cl assica l antiqmty. The treasures o f Art on the soil o f Ita ly a re numberless the n ber o f petty po tentates who held them co urts in Its va rIo us subdivi si ons created a hundred centers of i nter es t fo r the traveller. There is sc arcely a fo o t o f I ta li an so s ar e a ea il , c c ly y r o f Ita li an hi sto ry which do es no t c a ll fo r co mment fro m the hi sto ri an o r tempt the lover o f N ature to linger in a dmi ration. Is it a n won er t ere o re a t y d , h f , th in visiting these ’ Cl tl es one s tho ughts invo luntarily recur to the histo ry o f the ast " I n ee the se ret o f t e r ar o ns sts p d d , c h i ch m c i ' p artly in the co nsciousness tha t these cities a re co nnected with the e arliest d evelopments o f European civiliz ati on ; th at there wa s sc arcely any gre at epo ch in the hi sto ry o f hum an culture but fo und here its theatre and its heroes. TH E STANDARD GUIDE TO ITA LY TO KN OW E UR OPE ONE MUS T KN OW ITAL Y. the a n o f at e I NCE d w civiliz ion, wh n Tro j ans and o en a s rst sett e o its s o res Ph ici n fi l d n h , I taly has been the meeting pl ace and b attlefield o f the great p owers o f the earth ; and it is no exa ggerati on to say that upon the ” result o f b attles fought Iii Ita ly o ft times hung the fate ande future histo ry o f the world . Ifaly was the soul o f the wo rld a nd a ll were wo oi ng her she was the fo s o f all an ent t re and t ; cu ci cul u , his ’ fo us ea a nation es re to ossess as its own . It c ch d i d _ p almost seems as though N ature herself were a nxi ous to ro te s o f e ea t es s p ct this hrine h r b u i , fo r on three side she has p rotected it by the sea and on the no rth has built a gigantic wa ll . The histo ry o f I ta ly has been impo rtant in every re spect in its influence o n the civiliz ation o f m ankind. The country is o ne vast comp rehensive university ; nowhere ( in the or c an one gain so ear and onne te an ea w ld _ cl c c d id o f the o rigins o f the Christi an civiliz ation in whose midst we live as in Ita ly. H e Who ignores the chronicles o f Ita li an Hi sto ry c an never comprehend in its full signifi “ cance the wo nderful sto ry o f the M aki ng o f M o dern " Europe. A MECCA FOR TOURIS TS . T LY to da 15 a ro nent nat on and the o ern I A y p mi i , m d ness o f its cities o nly go es to add splendo r to its s eaut es. T ere ore it s o re a natura l and arti tic b i h f , i m th n ever the favo red shrine to which tho usands o f travellers to fin o n her tures e s o res her annua lly flock , d pic qu h , e r es er ‘ art a er es lakes and mountains ; in h r chu ch , h g ll i and r ns the o a o f t e r r a e. ui , g l h i pilg im g attra t ons e n o e t s H er extraordinary c i b i g c nc ded , i i lo gica lly inevitable th at a vi sit to Italy canno t fa il to be TH E STA NDARD GUIDE TO ITALY a e e tua rec reatIon a a fe ex erIe ce to be n int ll c l , nd li p n treasured in the memory fo r ever ; it pl aces o ne on mo re famili a r terms with the great a nd go o d o f the illustrio us ‘ st a t e e e o o f suc visits a s ater a to p a , nd h r p tItI n h dd m i lly the constitutio n o f a libera l educ atio n. E E DAY VE N I CE . TH E GRA N D CANAL ON A F T a Tr a e ers find in I ta in a ll sea so ns, a r n nd v l ly , ch mi g e e o rts su as— o r era San comfo rta ble W i nt r r s , ch B digh , s o e eno a anta a r er ta . R a Remo , Alas i , P gli , G , S M gh i o rre to a r Amalfi a e o Tao r p a llo , N aples, S n , C p i , , R v ll , a er o a o n the eaut fu e terra nea n . mina , P l m l g b i l M di a nd where winter is sho rn o f its i ntemperance . Fa scinating — er reso rts s as tresa delightful spring a nd summ , uch S , o o Co urma eur a o rosa etc . and B ell a gio , Cern bbi , yy , V ll mb a o nte at n Te ese C astellama re , S alsom aggio re , Lucc , M c i i , l , s F na o rrento Via famous for thei r minera l w ater . i lly , S , o en e ro e an a e reggio , Rimini and Lid (V ic ) will p vid dd d attractio n fo r tho se who are fond o f se a - b athing . TH E STA NDARD GUIDE TO ITALY THE BAY OF NAPLES “ Th e Ga te w a y to Pi c tu r e l a n d H E wo nderful M editerranean co ast o ffers no lovelie r — fe ature th a n the B a y o f N apl es o ne o f the m a ri — t e atew a s to I ta a nd the a ro a to it se a im g y ly pp ch by , has a f a scinati o n a ll its own.