In the doors of the churches outside, and the chapels within, one is constantly coming upon that peculiar construction which consists of what would be an arch, resting on two pillars, were not the keystone wanting.

Columns with shafts elaborately sculptured, and twisted marble pillars of the bed-post pattern, are to be seen by hundreds, very expensive in material and workmanship, but unfortunately very ugly; while the numbers of puffy cherubs, inside and out, remind the Englishman of the monuments of St.Paul's.
As to the interior decoration of the churches, the richer ones are crowded with incongruous ornaments to a wonderful degree.

Gold, silver, costly marbles, jewels, stucco, paint, tinsel, and frippery are all mixed up together in the wildest manner.

We found the inside of the churches to be generally the worst part of them.

The Cathedral, for instance, is really a very grand building when seen from a little distance, with its two high towers and its cupola behind.