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124 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 206.
palace of Pilate, [?] which is still preserved. In the Campus
Vaccinus I saw the columns of the Temple of Jupiter tonans;
several belonging to the Temple of Concordia ; likewise the
Temple of Peace in three divisions,* the Temples of Sol (the
Sun) and Luna (the Moon); † likewise that of Faustina.
Afterwards I saw the triumphal arch of Severus on the place
under the Capitol, and at a greater distance the triumphal
arch of Constantine, with the spring which was close to it.
October 12. I was on Monte Cavallo or the Quirinal
Hill; and saw the four fountains, § the beautiful edifice built in
accordance with the rules of perspective [the Quirinal palace] ;
the Church of St. Andrew [ S. Andrea di Monte Cavallo],
which is circular and handsome ; the Piazza de Pilestrini [?]
with its fountain, ** the Porta Pia, etc.
October 13. I visited the tomb of Cestius, which is a
large pyramid ; in the neighbourhood there is a burying
place for foreigners ; likewise the Mons Eustachii [Monte
Testaccio] with its ancient cellars ; the Church [of S. Paolo
alle tre fontane] where St. Paul was beheaded, and the pillar††
with the three springs which are said to have started out of
the ground where his head fell ; also the Church of St. Paul
[S. Paolo fuori le mura] with its hundred columns.‡‡
* The Basilica of Constantine was for a long time supposed to be the
Temple of Peace, erected by Vespasian ; this, however, was completely de
stroyed by fire under Commodus.
Probably what is now known as the double Temple of Venus and
Roma near the triumphal arch of Titus ; the colossal statue of Nero, in his
character as the god of the Sun, stood immediately in front of that temple.
The Church of S. Lorenzo in Miranda is built in the interior (cella)
of the Temple of Faustina, which was dedicated by Antoninus, in the year
141, to his wife Faustina.
§ Quattro Fontane, i. e. the four fountains which are at the intersection
of the Via del Quirinale and the Via delle quattro Fontane.
** Probably the Piazza Barberini with the Fontana del Tritone in the
middle.
A white marble pillar to which Paul is said to have been tied, while
undergoing the sentence of decapitation. This church is one out of three
churches belonging to the Abbadia delle Tre Fontane (the Abbey of the
Three Fountains), about three English miles from the town southwards.
This church was burned down in 1823. It has since been rebuilt ,
but in a different style.
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