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Identifier: stnicholasserial251dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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PALAZZO VECCHIO, FLORENCE. were increased, so that instead of being in onlythe two upper stories, they filled the sides fromtop to bottom; many ornaments were used and 496 THE BELL-TOWERS OF ITALY. (April, sculptures and even mosaic-work and elaboratestone-carving decorated the surface. Let us first make a tour together among thechurch campanili of Italy, and glance at someof the most famous. We may begin withVenice, the Queen of the Adriatic. Thetraveler glides noiselessly through the cool,
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.C3 if-^MtSr ~4i~~-A-/r^:-r^ ■/i<A- . ..-r^rri,..M- THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA. dimly lighted canals, in the romantic gondola,to the sound of the soft-splashing water, and soon finds himself standing in the noble square of St. Marks church. Near the cathedral with its many domes, rises the massive tower built on wooden piles reaching deep down into the lagoon. It is impressive from its great height and simplicity. To reach the belfry stage, where a watchman is stationed to strike the huge bell at each hour of the night and day, we ascend an inclined plane which winds around an inner hollow tower. We look from the height of 325 feet out over the sea and the islands dotted here and there and the narrow canals which seem like threads drawn through the city. Crossing the Apennines, wecome to Lucca, a town that datesback to old Roman times, andwhose influence was powerfulunder its great countess Ma-tilda in the eleventh century, andlater under its talented leaderCastruccio. Standing on

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