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64  INTRoduCING I TA l Y

The Grand Tour

The treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748 marked the
start of 50 years of peace. It was about this time
that Italy, with its great art treasures and Classical
ruins, including the newly excavated Pompeii,
became Europe’s first great tourist destination.
Young English “milords” visited Rome, Florence
and Venice as part of a new type of pilgrimage,
the Grand Tour, while artists and poets sought
inspiration in Rome’s glorious past. In 1800, Charles III’s Fleet at Naples (1753)
Napoleon, who conquered and briefly united Ruler of Naples from 1734 to 1759, when he
became King of Spain, Charles attempted
Italy, threatened to destroy the old order, genuine political reforms.
but in 1815 the status quo was restored.

Goethe in the Roman Campagna
Goethe toured Italy in the 1780s. Great
poets who followed his example included
the Romantics Keats, Shelley and Byron.
Farnese Hercules
(see p495)

The Dying Galatian
(see p390)
Gallery of
Venetian Carnival Views of Ancient
The colourful folklore of Rome by Pannini
Carnival attracted many
tourists, but Venice’s days Giovanni Pannini (1691–1765) painted
of greatness were over. views of Roman ruins for foreigners. This
In 1797, the proud mari­ painting is a capriccio, an imaginary
time republic was ceded scene incorporating many well-known
to Austria by Napoleon. views and Classical statues.

1713 Treaty of Utrecht gives Medici coat of arms 1748 First
Naples and Sardinia to Austria 1735 Peace of Vienna excavations
and Sicily to Piedmont 1725 The confirms Charles III as at Pompeii
Four Seasons King of the Two Sicilies
by Vivaldi (Naples and Sicily)
1700 1720 1740
1707 Birth of playwright Antonio Vivaldi,
Carlo Goldoni great Venetian
1737 End of Medici dynasty in composer
1718 Piedmont and Sardinia united under Florence; Grand Duchy of Tuscany
House of Savoy; Sicily passes to Austria passes to Austrian House of Lorraine

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