Charles C.F. Greville in Convent of la Trinità, near Corpo la Cava - 24 April, 1830, in the afternoon

from Journal entry, 24 April 1830, page 344:

The road here is beautiful, particularly about la Cava. I walked up to the Convent of the Trinità; it stands on the brink of a deep ravine in the middle of the hills, which are tossed into a hundred different shapes and covered with foliage—a magnificent situation. The convent is very large, and well kept; it contains fifty monks, who were most of them walking about the road. Here were all the raw materials requisite for a romance—a splendid setting sun, mountains, convent, flock of goats, evening bell, friars, and peasants.

cite as

Charles C.F. Greville, Journal entry, 24 April 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. 344. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1529675031302 accessed: 16 October, 2024

location of experience: Convent of la Trinità, near Corpo la Cava

Listeners

Charles C.F. Greville
Clerk-in-ordinary to the Privy Council, Political and social diarist, Private secretary
1794-1865

Listening to

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An evening bell

Experience Information

Date/Time 24 April, 1830, in the afternoon
Medium live
Listening Environment outdoors, in public

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Fri, 22 Jun 2018 14:43:52 +0100
Approved on Sat, 30 Jun 2018 18:29:57 +0100