Series 2 > Household book of Lady Grisell Baillie

OF LADY GRISELL BAILLIE
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At Padua
Lodge at the post house, see the Church of St. Guistina,
it is one of the finest in the world, was built after a plan
of Palladio’s, the Convent behind the Church is very
pritty, the Libary and Cellers are commonly seen by
straingers. The Church of St. Antonio di Padua. The
Chappel del Santo. The Bas relief that adorns it is the
history of his life and miracls, very fine; the Scuola di St.
Antonio is well painted by Titian. See the toun house in
which is the Monument of Titus Livius the Roman His¬
torian ; see the Garden of Simples and Papafava. It is a
large toun once well inhabited and fine Colleges for study¬
ing and many students but now quite ruinous and no
body there.
Padua to Vicenza
Posts
Padua to Slesega . . 1 ) Here you pay 16| pauls
To Vicenza . . • 1 j per chaise each post.
Vicenza, lodge at the post house. The tounhouse is a
noble pice of Archetecture. Many of the Palaces within the
toun were built by Palladio or Sansovano and are esteemd
the best in Italy. The Olimpick Theatre is a noble work of
Palladio’s. The Triumphal Arch as you go out of toun, the
house of Marquis Capra a little way out of toun is well
worth seeing, it is cald the Rotunda.
Vicenza to Verona
Vicenza to Montebello .
To Caldier
To Verona .....
Posts
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Lodge at the due Torre. See the Amphetheatre, it coud
contain 23,000 spectators—the Arsenal—the Dome II
Giardino Gusto—the Church of St. George—the Academia
Philarmonica.
From Padua quite through the Venetian State there
can be no regulation for the price of post horses, they will