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Old Calabria: (Norman Douglas Classics Collection)
One or two relics from this castle are preserved in the small municipal museum, founded about five years ago. Here are also a respectable collection of coins, a few prehistoric flints from Gargano, some quaint early bronze figurines and mutilated busts of Roman celebrities carved in marble or the recalcitrant local limestone. A dignified old lion--one of a pair (the other was stolen) that adorned the tomb of Aurelius, prastor of the Roman Colony of Luceria--has sought a refuge here, as well as many inscriptions, lamps, vases, and a miscellaneous collection of modern rubbish. A plaster cast of a Mussulman funereal stone, found near Foggia, will attract your eye; contrasted with the fulsome epitaphs of contemporary Christianity, it breathes a spirit of noble resignation: -
Book Details
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: Mar 2nd, 2015
- Pages: 422
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.02in - 5.98in - 0.86in - 1.24lb
- EAN: 9781508700678
- Categories: • General