Show TO itt it ot I 1 evs ays eys to aces arit 9 P 0 1 events I 1 it ded T 4 nado G hi I 1 I 1 hi to D wr M Is f MM rh 1 12 I 1 td I 1 RAPALLO QUIET HAVEN OF STORMY FIUMES ARBITERS r fighting I 1 I 1 biting und and bloodshed nt at flume told for many months hy by tile lie poet poel adventurer gabriele Gabri elc has been in ili striking contrast to the quiet and peace of in the neighborhood of Alli which allibell lell was signed the rapallo agreement so frequently mentioned in tile newspapers it was to enforce this agreement which provided for the formation of it a free sta teof flume that the italian regulars stormed flume the quaint little town of rapallo lies lose close to file midpoint mid point of the narrow mountain rimmed shore of the northwest coast of italy just south of franco france which constitutes the world famed italian riviera the semi semicircle cl circle rel e of the ItI riviera vIer a lies open to the sunny south to the east cast north and west rise the sheltering heights of the he apennines and the LI gurlan alps S so 0 wonderful are the climate and the scenery of these rough run eun bathed mountain slopes and bits of beach protected from northern winds and washed by the warm waters of the mediterranean that they have come to be looked upon as forming the most pleasant winter resort in europe the western arm of the italian Ri semicircle semi circle the riviera of tile the setting sun adjoins france and Is I 1 best known and most frequently frequez t ay visited the eastern arm the rl riviera of the rising sun has hag bolder and more picturesque scenery the of its towns and villages is if less Is affected by modern buildings in this latter section of italis wonderland lies iles Ra rapallo paIlo pearl of the kastern riviera rapallo lies on the bay of Rn rapallo pallo formed by tle greatest of the multitude of headlands that jut into the mediterranean along this serrated coast the monte tit li rort which forms the hie summit of the headland aff rims s abruptly from the son sea to a height 2000 feet and affords probably the best vantage point in the riviera for a comprehensive view oi of tills this magic region of mountains and water A mile to the south of rapallo on the shore of the same bay Is santa Margli crita tice like Rn pallo a town retaining gainin much of the quaintness of the old IlI riviera vIera uns unspoiled polled by modern in fl lences tile the road skirting tile the bay fur fir several miles from santa siar gli erita to the point of the portofino hc ho Is said to afford one of tl the most beautiful and charming walks in on one side are lark dark rocks washed by the glittering blue sea on the ihn other rise pine covered slopes on which are situated many beautiful villus the entire region about rapallo and S santa annta Margli erita Is noted tor for the large number of these show places in one me of them the stately villa spinola the lie agreement batu between cen italy and slavia was signed though this villa Is nearer santa Margli erita it Is just over the line of the commune of rapallo because of this ills detail of communal boundaries the important agreement litch fixed the status of flume and the dalmatian coast all and seems seeing to have solved one of the most stubborn of if the atter after the war territorial problems will ill go down in history not bearing the name of the nearby santa but bearing that of the more distant rapallo JL |