found this photo of a stone garden bench while doing an image search for palladio and goethe. it is part of a travel blog , robs grand tour is the record of one persons retirement travails on the model of the grand tours of the continent made by british nationals in the seventeen hundreds.
his trip dates to the fall and winter of 2010, at one time a person could of done this sort of travel without hoards of common other people to deal with something out of the possible in our times and economy.
large stone bench high enough back one can rest head on its upper edge, seat a little lower than normal bench making longer sittings comfortable. and on the moulding running along the base a garden of moss.
the bench is said to have been a favorite with goethe, which along with a few comments about and photos of palladios villas explains why the photo came up during an image search for palladio and goethe.
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