Identifier: italyfromalpstom00stie (find matches)
Title: Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stieler, Karl, 1842-1885 Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio, conte, 1843-1913, former owner. IU-R Paulus, Eduard, 1837-1907 Kaden, Woldemar, 1838-1907 Trollope, Frances Eleanor, d. 1913 Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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thout there soundsthrough the lofty vaults the deep tone of the great awful-voiced bell! How often has itrung to summon the burghers of Florence to fight against their fellow-citizens, or—morenobly—against the common foe ! The greatest, and the last, deed of the free commonwealth of Florence, was thedefence of the city against the troops of Charles the Fifth. In a spirit of magnanimousself-sacrifice the Florentines destroyed their suburbs, burning to the ground country-houses adorned with frescoes by the greatest painters, and surrounded by blooming-gardens, lest they should afford shelter to the enemy. Michael Angelo fortifies the towerof San Miniato al Monte, which is standing to this clay, and strengthens it to resist allattacks. Food becomes scarce, fresh troops of Spaniards and Germans keep strengthen-ing the Imperial army, yet the courage of the besieged is not to be bowed; and, far awayfrom the city, behind the Cyclopean walls of old Volterra, the last hero of the Republic,
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LOGGIA DEI LANZI. FLORENCE. the fiery Ferrucci, is bravely fighting and repulsing the Spanish storming parties. Butthe position of Florence becomes daily more desperate ; the plague rages fearfully in thissultry July weather, throughout the low-lying, shut-in valley; corpses lie in the publicstreets, and Malatesta, the commander of the troops hired by Florence for her defence, isengaged in secret negotiations with the enemy ! Then in that moment of extremestneed, the victorious Ferrucci is commanded to return to Florence with his whole army,and approaches slowly, being reduced by fever, and having to take circuitous routes. Heis already as far on his way as Pistoia, when, on the third of August, towards evening,the news suddenly flies lightning-swift through the sultry, plague-stricken city, that abattle has been fought, Ferrucci is victorious, the Prince of Orange the commander of theImperial army, sent out to meet Ferrucci, is killed ! Indescribable rejoicings, boundlesshopes arise

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