Identifier: adolphsutro00holm (find matches)
Title: Adolph Sutro
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Holmes, Eugenia Kellogg, Mrs. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Sutro, Adolph, 1830-1898
Publisher: San Francisco, Press of San Francisco photo-engraving co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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culably precious and therefore beyond thejudgment of men. Amid scenes and associations unparalleled in his-toric trophies, the youthful years of this scion ofthe sterling virtues were passed; for Aix-la-Cha-pelle, known in learned L,atin as Aquis Granum,received its name from one—Severus Granius, a Ro-man commander, who is supposed to have foundedthe town about A. d. 125. Certain it is, that Aquis Granum became a favoriteresort of the Romans, who first sought it for thenatural sulphur springs abounding there, renownedfor their alleviation of varied infirmities, amongthem acute cases of rheumatism and gout. This was long before the advent of the EmperorCharlemagne, who endowed it with added dignityby making it, during his dynasty, the first city inthe Empire and the capital of all his dominionsNorth of the Alps. A magnificent mausoleum there marks his re-mains ; his statue, in bronze, adorns the marketplace; his fountain sprays the bearded trees;planted it is said, by him. — 10 —
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FOREST AND GARDEN, AIX-LA-CHAPELLEHOME OF ADOLPH SUTRO The chapel where he worshiped, and where reposehis remains, contains relics of reputed antiquity,which are objects of exceeding veneration by thechildren of the Roman Church, who assemble therein great numbers every seven years, when the relicsare placed on exhibition. For the citizens of Aix-la-Chapelle the giantEmperor is said to have cherished a singular affec-tion, his favor partaking of the form of the con-ference of numerous privileges, such as exemptionfrom military service and the payment of taxes. The wall which surrounds this favorite residenceof the Frankish Kings was built by Charlemagne,and subsequently stormed by Otho of Brunswick,in the year 1198, and by William of Holland, in1247, to whom the city surrendered after a siegeof six months. This wall, pierced originally by ten gates, andpartially demolished by the Hollanders, was rebuiltand strengthened by Frederick Barbarossa, whosefondness for this Elysian of the anc

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