Excerpt from The Architectural Antiquities of Rome, Vol. 2The point from which this view is taken was selected in order to give an idea of the position of the Temples, amidst the miserable modern houses of the town, which are crowded together in a most irregular manner, and present but little appearance of comfort, but the orange trees ¿ourishing in the open air, and the beauty of the surrounding scenery, show that the climate and situation amply compensate for such deprivations, and induce both natives and visitors to live chie¿y out of doors.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.