Coghlan's Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy, Comprising Rome, Naples, and Sicily (Classic Reprint)

Passports. Before the traveller enters the Papal States, it is indispensably necessary that his passport bear the visa either of theN uncio residing in the last capital he has visited, or of a Papal ConsuL It will save trouble, in the event of his passing through France at the outset of his tour, to obtain the visa of theN uncio atP aris; but if circumstances deprive him of the opportunity of applying to aM inister, the signature of the Consul in some important town will be sufficient The Austrian visa is also desirable, not merely for the Papal States, but for all parts of I taly. On arriving at the frontier, the passport is examined and countersigned; and in seaports, as Ancona and Givita Yecchia, the signature of aB ritish Consm is necessary. On entering the principal towns of the Papal States, with few exceptions, the passport is demanded at the gates, in order to be signed; but, to save delay, the traveller is allowed to name the inn at which he purposes to stop, so that the passport may be sent affcer him. A fee of one or two pauls is required for each viaa; and in garrison towns this process is repeated on leaving. Before the traveller quits Rome on his return toE ngland, it is desirable that his nassport be signed by theM inisters of all theS overeigns through wnose domihions it is intended to pass: those of Austria (ana Tuscany), Sardinia, andF rance, shouM on no account be omitted. Lascia-passare. Persons travelling in their own carriage should write borehand to iv oorrespondent, or banker, atS ome, or to theB ritish Consul, requesting that a lascia-passare may be forwarded to the frontier, and aner left at the gates of Rome, ih order to avoid (he formalities of the custom-house. The lasciapasaare is never granted to persons travelling in public-carriages. CusTOM-H osssB (D ogana). The Papal frontier-stations and custom-houses are marked by the arm
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