guicciolis

Updated: January 21, 2026

He had indeed a notable pastime the various churches are adorned with monuments of ancestral Guicciolis but it is none the less obvious that Ravenna, fifty years ago, would have been an intolerably dull residence to a foreigner of distinction unequipped with intellectual resources. The hour one spends with Byron's memory then is almost compassionate.

Henry James - Italian Hours