Charles C.F. Greville in Rome - 1 June, 1830, at night
from Journal entry, 1 June 1830, page 387:
In the evening looked into the Church and Piazza of San Lorenzo in Lucina. The church is hung with drapery, adorned with statues, and illuminated by innumerable wax candles. The piazza is illuminated too, and … more >>
Charles C.F. Greville, Journal entry, 1 June 1830. In Henry Reeve (ed.), The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, volume 1 (London, 1874), p. 387. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1529677525817 accessed: 10 December, 2024
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Listening to
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Music for military band | performed by A military band |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1 June, 1830, at night |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Notes
The previous day the standard of the 'new' saint Francisco Carraccioli had been carried in procession from St Peter's to the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina. Charles Greville wrote an account of the procession in his diary: see LE no. 1529676770175.