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From there you can visit Papa Rocca should you care to. While at the Vatican be sure to visit Borgia rooms; they will delight you. From Rome I should go to Florence, which you will find a very clean and attractive city. While there see the Cathedral, Santa Croce, the Bargelli Uffizi, the old bridge across the Armo, and the several other galleries, which Bellinetti knows I am fond of. Tell him you want to see particularly the work of Botticelli and Donatello. Don't fail to study the prima vera by Botticelli, and a little marble head and neck of a young girl, attributed to Botticelli, which Bellinetti knows how to find. At Florence you will find a remarkable shop located in an old palace owned by a man named Barberini, and at this shop you can get consent to visit the Villa Barberin, which is located about six miles out of Florence. The latter is worth visiting, because of a new garden being started, and of the mediaeval arrangement and furniture of the Villa. Freosile, near Florence, is also worth seeing.
From Florence to Venice is a nice journey, and at Venice you will find many things to please you. Have your cour[[strikethrough]]t[[/strikethrough]]ier show you my two favorite paintings of John Bellini.
From Venice I should go to Verona, spending a day there; thence to Milan for two or three days; and then to Genoa; sailing for home from that port. Bellinetti knows what to show you both at Milan and Genoa, and you will be quite safe in allowing him to arrange your program for those two cities.
You will probably find northern Italy rather cold, and while at Florence you will find the new hotel (the name of which has slipped my mind) located in the square garibaldi, the most comfortable At Venice there is the hotel Danielli. At Milan the hotel Cavour.
I should say that a week in Rome, four days in Florence, three days in Venice, one day in Verona, two days in Milan, and two days in Genoa would afford you ample time in which to see the sights. The balance of time I would recommend you to spend in the vicinity of Naples. It will be late in the season to visit the gardens, hence

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