New Guide of Rome, Naples and Their Environs, From the Italian of Vasi and Nibby: Containing a Description of the Monuments, Antiquities, Galleries, ... of Both Capitals (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Excerpt from New Guide of Rome, Naples and Their Environs, From the Italian of Vasi and Nibby: Containing a Description of the Monuments, Antiquities, Galleries, Churches and Curiosities of Both Capitals

On the right bank of the Tiber the walls are al together modern, the Vatican not having been en closed until 852 by Leo IV, to defend the church of S. Peter's against the Saracens. The space occupied by the modern city is about one third of that en closed within the walls; the other two thirds consist of kitchen gardens, vineyards and villas.

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