Identifier: guidetoitalysici00macm (find matches)
Title: Guide to Italy and Sicily
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Macmillan & Co
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Publisher: London, MacMillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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as the Palazzo fine collection of arms, suits of Madama, or Lady Palace, named armour, helmets, and shields, after Maria, mother of Vittorio Many of the weapons and suits of Amedeo n (1718), which was built armour are of special interest, in the centre, and is now used for among them the armour of Prince Government offices. Surrounding Eugene, the sword of St. Maurice, the square are the Royal Palace, and the sabre of Tippoo Sahib. A the Theatre, and other buildings of small room adjacent contains a very TORINO. (TURIN). Natural Scale. 1:32,000,Metri Hotels.1. S. Giovanni (Cattedrale) A. Hotel de IEuropt O I0O2< 2. La Consolata 3. Basilica Magistrate 4. Corpus Domini 5. S. Franoesco di Safes 6. S.Carlo 7. S.Cristlna 8. S. Francesco da Paola ?.T.Post & Telegraph Off. 9. S.FilipDo B. Grand Hotel C. Bonne-Femme-Metropolo -Feder D. Hotel Trombetta etdAngleterre LTV\ra \ 12. Palazzo Madama 10. S.Massimo 11. Gran Madre di Dio Theatres.T.R.Teatro RegioV.E.Vittorio EmanueleAU. A/fieri
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\ ■HERPfl°Dnh London: Macmttlan & Co.. Ld. Walkur& Cockerel! sc 310 Turin—The Cathedral GUIDE TO ITALY valuable collection of ivories, coins,and mosaics. There is also a valu-able Library of 60,000 vols, and2000 MSS, with many miniaturesand original drawings, includingmany by Leonardo da Vinci andGaudenzio Ferrari. Attached to the Royal Palaceon the W. side is the Cathedral, inthe Renaissance style, completed in1498. The facade is very handsome,and is constructed of marble. TheCappella della Santa Sindone isa lofty rotunda, surrounded bycolumns of black polished marblewith gilded capitals and bases.Over the altar of this chapel, in aspecies of urn, is preserved a portionof the winding-sheet (Sindone) inwhich our Saviours body waswrapped for burial. (Entrance be-fore 9 a.m.) This is one of theburial-places of the house of Savoy. N.W. of the Cathedral is thePorta Palatina, a Roman gate-way flanked with mediaeval towers.Remains of a similar gatewayare incorporated in the Pal

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