Identifier: southernitalysic00karl (find matches)
Title: Southern Italy and Sicily, with excursions to Malta, Sardinia, Tunis, and Corfu : handbook for travellers
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker London : Dulau New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ACQUASANTA. 25. Route. 305 The Yia Normanni leads to the left from the Corso Olivuzza in6 min. to the Piazza Zisa, with the old Norman chateau of La Zisa,now belonging to the Marchese ii San Giovanni (reached from thePiazza Olivuzza by the Via Whitaker). The only remains of theold building, which was erected by William I., after Saracenicmodels, are a stalactitic vault on the upper floor (at present in-accessible) and a covered fountain on the groundfloor, adorned withByzantine mosaics and columns, visible from the street and forming(like the ancient atrium) the focus of the whole house. The waterbubbles up under a vault, descends over some marble steps, andflows off through a narrow channel in the floor, expanding at twoplaces into small basins (custodian next door, to the N.; 50 c). 25. Environs of Palermo. a. Acquasanta. Monte Fellegrino. La Favorita. Distances. From the Piazza Marina to Acquasanta, about 1^4 M.(electric tramway, see p. 280; comp. PI. C-H, 4, 5, H, 6, and the Map).

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