Italy : handbook for travellers. First part, Northern Italy and Corsica / by K. Baedeker.

  • Karl Baedeker
Date:
1870
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Credit: Italy : handbook for travellers. First part, Northern Italy and Corsica / by K. Baedeker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    S. , however, the view is obstrucLed by the broad and massive Moiite d'Oro. In the neighbourhood of the summit lie a num- ber of desolate valleys, in most of which small lakes are situa- ted. Their discharge descends to form the Restojiica. The de- scent may be made on the side next to the Lago di PozzoLo, where the dark rocky pyramid of the Frate (monk) rises. Violets and forget-me-not (here popularly termed the 'marvellous llower of the mountains') grow abundantly in the rocky clefts on the banks of the lake. The muffro, or mufflonc, the wild horned sheep of Corsica, of a dark brown colour, with silky hair, browses on these lofty summits. Bandits (i. e. outlaws, those under a ban) are also occasionally encountered, but these unfortunate outcasts seldom or never molest strangers (comp. p. 336). The huts of Co di Mazzo may now be regained in 3 his., and Corte in 4—5 hrs. more. Bastia. *H6t,el de ]'Europe, Rue de I'Intendance, 6 fr. per dicin; Hotels de France and d'ltalic in the Boulevart de Paoli. — Restaurant de la Paix, in (ho Boulevart; Cafe Univers Guitton. Diligences daily to A jaccio, to Luri and Rogliano on the Capo Corso, and to S. Fiorenzo and Balagna. Steamboat Offices: Valery Co. (to Nice), near the harbour; Va- puri Italianl (to Leghorn), in the Boulevart. Bastia, with 21,535 inhab. , the busiest commercial place in the island, and till 1811 its capital, was founded in 1380 by the Genoese and defended by a strong castle (whence the name of the town, signifying 'bastion'). The cathedral of S. Giovanni Buttista contains several ancient tombs. In «S. Croce rich deco- rations in marble. The former college of the Jesuits contains a library of 30,000 vols, and natural history collections. The Promenade on the coast is embellished with a marble statue ot Napoleon. The inscription mentions Corsica, in consequence of its connection with Napoleon, as 'quasi gentium principalu donatam.'' (!) The old town with the citadel rises above the more modern quarter situated near the harbour. Beautiful walk along the coast towards the N., where a number of easily attained heights afford a variety of line views of the sea and coast. From Bastia to Capo Corso, S. Fiorenzo, and Calvi. A very attractive excursion may be made to the long and narrow pcnursnla in wluch the rise, culminating in the Monte A Hc^ c one and Monte Stello (5(X»ft.), and' terminating in the Capo Corso (rr.>no,uortum Sacrum) on the N.' Beautiful valleys descend from those Hasiia passing several ancient watch-towers of the I'isans and Genoese and alio,ding a view of the picturesque islands of Elba, Capraia Lnd S ea Lt gn;:{ens ' ''''''' ^ StalacHle 6'«.m., 'surr'ound^.d bj vciU streams fnd , P.««°''«es a charming valley, watered by se- vcial streams, and producing a luxuriant growth of grapes, oranges and