Vatican, authorizes cruelty to animals, 120; attitude towards Byzantinism, 248.

Velasquez, 140.

Venosa, survival of Roman blood and habits, 32; its rustic dirt, 33; castle, 37; abbey of Trinità, 37-40; catacombs, 38; bad food, 41.

Venus, gives name to Venosa, 33; marble head of, 92.

Verace, watershed, 195, 196, 204.

Verde antico, marble, 91.

Vespoli, G. F., 298.

Viceregal period. See Spanish Viceroys.

Vieste, village, 7, 21.

Viggianello, village, 157.