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150 Ghetto, the Jews'-quarter, where they still all live together, though not now as formerly within walls, which Pio Nono has had removed—but still in the midst of darkness and dirt, although not, properly speaking, in poverty. And, finally, the modern Rome, with its Corso, Monte Pincio, and Piazza di Spagna,—all these, properly the chief parts of Rome, indicate themselves with the greatest clearness from this point. The characteristic physiognomy of these several portions of the city, the verdant Campagna, and around it the encircling mountains, here and there scattered with snow, the extensive prairie-wide views in the direction of the sea, make the view of Rome from the tower of the Capitol a magnificent spectacle.

The ruins of the imperial Rome, from the Capitoline rock, appear to occupy but a small space in comparison with the newer part of the city. But the aqueducts and monuments of the Campagna show the greatness of the old imperial city. For the Rome of the present day, with its hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants, is merely a small remnant of the world-ruling city, which in its circuit is said to have