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

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ROME TO NAPLES. 
The Appian way formerly passed to Capua, 
as we have already remarked in describing 
Horace’s Journey from Rome to Brindes. 
In the environs of Capua are several villages 
and temples, the names of which indicate the 
antiquity of their origin: Marcianese was a 
temple of Mars ; Ercole, a temple dedicated 
to Hercules; Curtis, a palace or Curia; Casa 
Pulla, a temple of Apollo, of which however 
no vestiges now remain. The temple of Ju- 
piter Tiphatin was situated near Caserta, and 
the temple of Diana Lucifera, called Tipha¬ 
tina, has been replaced by the abbey of St. 
Angel. 
The mountains in the vicinity of Capua 
and Caserta are called Monti Tifatini; this 
name is derived from the volcano Tifata, 
which is now extinguished. About the year 
1753, a quarry of white marble, with yellow 
veins, was discovered at nine miles from 
Capua. The columns for the grand palace of 
Caserta were taken from this quarry, and, 
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