Word: laurentius
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...moated castle. Dr. Sandys then touched upon Naples, where we may see the lofty arch of the Castello Nuovo. Here the centre of classic interest lies in the tomb of Virgil, over which Petrarch is said to have planted a laured tree. At Naples flourished the critic Laurentius Valla, who afterwards lived in Rome under the patronage of Pope Nicholas...