Word: janiculum
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Indeed handsome, the Wurts gardens on the Janiculum Hill which once belonged to the ancient Roman House of Sciarra, are complete with a restored "old villa" and a "new villa" built by Mr. Wurts in the 16th century manner, full of Mr. Wurts' art collection which also goes to the City of Rome...
Cardinal Vaini, passing his 80th year among a gardenful of hobbling rabbits and the brilliant pagan writers of the new century, at his sequestered villa on the Janiculum, is an object of fear and reverence to the Vatican, of warmest affection to the Cabala. As a brilliant young theologian, he shocked his teachers by burying himself in China, a missionary with a pigtail. He built a cathedral and by sheer force of statistics won first a mitre, then the Hat. A pistol bullet fired near him by ecstatic Mile, de Morfontaine puts him in mind of how the faith...
...Pines of the Janiculum...
...Academy occupies a commanding and inspiring site on the summit of the Janiculum. Below it lies the city of Rome; on the distant horizon are the Appennines and in the middle distance rise the Alban and Sabine hills...