Full text: Vasi, Mariano: A new picture of Naples and its environs

102 NEW PICTURE OF NAPLES. 
architect employed on this beautiful palace. 
The front, which is about 422 feet in length, 
displays three orders of architecture, orna¬ 
mented with Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian 
pilasters. In the first order are three large 
entrances; that in the centre is furnished with 
four beautiful granite columns, supporting a 
balcony; the others have only two. In the se- 
cond and third order, which form two apart¬ 
ments, are 42 windows orcasements. The whole 
building is surmounted by a magnificent entab¬ 
lature, above which is a steeple, containing a 
clock. The court is surrounded by two rows of 
piazzas, one above another: the communica- 
tion with these is formed by a superb, commo¬ 
dious, and broad staircase, ornamented with 
two colossal figures of the Ebro and Tagus. 
In this palace are large and beautiful apart 
ments, ornamented with rich furniture, fres¬ 
coes, and several pictures by good masters. 
In a large room, called the viceroy’s hall, are 
portraits of all the viceroys who have governed 
the kingdom of Naples, executed by Cheva¬
	        
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