PAGE 269. _piazza_ (pe aet's[.a]): in Italy, a
square, or open space, surrounded by buildings.
PAGE 271. _Palazzo degli Uffizi_ (pae laet's[=o]
d[=a]l'y[=e] oef f[=e]t'se): one of the chief art
galleries of the world. _Palazzo_ is the Italian
word for "palace."
PAGE 272. _Medici_ (m[)e]d'[+e] ch[=e]): the name
of a Florentine family.
PAGE 275. _Galileo_ is called the Father of Modern
Science. He made a number of most important
scientific discoveries. To him is attributed the
saying in regard to the earth, when under trial
for the supposed heresy of believing in its
motion, "_It moves_, nevertheless."
_Dante_ was the greatest of Italian poets.
_Alfieri_ and _Machiavelli_ were authors.
Opposite the grave of Galileo is the tomb of
_Michelangelo_, on which stand his bust and three
figures, representing sculpture, painting, and
architecture. Close by is a monument to Dante,
whose body is buried at Ravenna. On this monument
Italy is represented as pointing to the colossal
statue of Dante, while Poetry mourns his loss. A
few steps farther on is Alfieri's monument, which
is adorned with laurel, the lyre, and dramatic
masks; Italy weeps over his grave. Machiavelli is
the last in this group of celebrated men.