It Is A Pity, However, That So Valuable A Piece
Of Sculpture Should Be Exposed To The Vicissitudes Of The Season In The
Open Air.
The marble has evidently suffered much by it.
Why is such a
valuable piece of sculpture not preserved in the Museum?
On the Chiaia are restaurants and cafes. 'Tis here also that the
nobility display their carriages and horses, it being the fashionable drive
in the afternoon: and certainly, except in London, I have never seen such a
brilliant display of carriages as at Naples.
The principal street at Naples is the Strada di Toledo. It resembles the
Rue St Honore and can boast of as much wealth in its shops. The houses
are good, solid and extremely lofty, and the streets are paved with lava.
There are two excellent restaurants at Naples, one in the Largo del
Palazzo, nearly opposite the Royal Palace, called the Villa di Napoli;
the other not far from it in the Strada di Toledo, called La Corona di
Ferro. Naples is renowned for the excellency of its ices. You have them in
the shape of all kinds of fruit and wonderfully cheap. Many of the ice
houses and caffes remain open day and night; as do some of the gaming
tables, which are much frequented by the upper classes. The theatre of St
Carlo, which was consumed last year by fire, is rising rapidly from its
ashes and will soon be finished. In the mean time Operas are performed at
the Teatro Fondi, a moderate sized theatre.
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