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SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS IN 1739.
February 24. I saw the Grand-Duke, the Duchess, and her
brother in the park ; I was there two hours.
In Siena there is a handsome cathedral of marble, in which
are twelve [two?] very fine statues by Bernini, etc., some paint
ings, and a beautifully inlaid floor ; another church [St. John
the Baptist’s] is under the building.
February 27. I left Florence for Leghorn, where great
preparations were being made for the reception of the Grand
Duke. * 1 arrived there on the 28th.
March 5. There was an extraordinarily fine illumination
with lamps upon the churches and houses ; a pyramid with
nine statues was erected in the market place ; two fountains
were there sending forth wine. The lamps were set in beautiful
order. They shone finest when the figures were not intricate, as
these: etc.; more than half the surface
ofthe water was illuminated by red, yellow, and white lamps.
On March 6th they had a pyrotechnical display at consider
able expense, but it was not marked by much ingenuity; the
only noticeable piece was a coat-of-arms in blue flame on a
black back-ground. On the 7th there was a "Togana," when
provisions placed on obelisks (
på obelisks), to the value of
10,000 rix-dalers, were given to the people. On the 8th they
had horse races ; on the 9th racing in chariots ; and on the 14th
pugilistic matches, for which handsome prizes were appointed.
March 14. I left Leghorn for Genoa in a felucca ; on the
way we were in great fear of the Algerines.
March 17. I arrived in Genoa ; it has a beautiful harbour,
splendid palaces of Balbi [-Pióvera], Negro, Doria, and others.
I saw the government building (rådhuset) and also handsome
paintings, where I found more living persons represented than
I had seen before ; likewise [the monument of] Columbus, who
was a Genoese. I saw the doge, who is always in red down
to the very shoes ; for two years he is not allowed to go out
[of the town] . I noticed how they voted.
eight hundred nobles, all clothed in black
There are about
with small caps ;
* Duke Francis Stephen of Lorraine, who on the extinction of the
line of the Dukes of Medici, ascended the Tuscan throne in 1737.
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