He must think first how to ruin the edifices of Raffaelle, the Aurora of Guido, the temple of Fortuna Virilis, and, only yesterday, the most beautiful fresco of Poussin, in the palace Costaguli, now irreparably lost, because it has never been copied or engraved.
Garibaldi sarcastically points out the destruction of invaluable Roman artistic and architectural heritage by a general claiming to protect the city.
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