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Doc. 206.] SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS IN 1739. 127
paved with flag-stones. Afterwards I was in the little church
of S. Brigitta * on the Piazza Farnese, and in the chapel
belonging to it which is above ; there she died, and there also
her daughter Catharine was, who has likewise been canonized ;
some of her relics are preserved there ; only three friars are
there who are Germans.
November 20. I was in the Vatican, and saw the paintings
of Raphael and of all others, and likewise the Conclave. †
It is said to contain 12,000 rooms, but I do not believe that
there are more than a thousand ; still it contains twenty
courts; the tapestry is not worth much. In one of the courts
were some valuable statues, mostly Greek. I saw also the
garden which contains the ashes of Nero.
December 9. I was at the Villa Ludovisi, which is a
magnificent garden, with an endless number of statues and
large urns. The Roman walls are seen there with their
passages of communication. What I liked most there was a
satyr, and one of the avenues.
1739.
January 28. I was in [the Church of] S. Pietro in Montorio
where Peter was crucified ; the Franciscans are there ; the
place commands a view of the whole town. I visited also
the four fountains of Paul (Acqua Paola) which are on the
very top of the hill; thither the aqueducts are led. This
beautiful structure was erected by Pope Paul V.
January 29. I was again in the gallery on the Campidoglio, •
where I witnessed the drawing of a lottery ; likewise at the
Villa Medici. There I saw two magnificent vases or lavers
of grey rock; an Egyptian column, Niobe and Thisbe, a lion,
and a magnificent gallery, which now belongs to Don Carlos.
January 30. I was in the Longara where Queen Christina
resided ; the palace belongs to Duke Corsini , the nephew
* A Swedish saint, born in 1304, died at Rome in 1373. She became
far-famed by her "Revelationes St. Brigittæ," which were first printed in
Rome in 1488, and of which many editions have since been published.
The place in the Vatican where the pope is elected by the cardinals.
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