Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania: 1 (1820)Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page vii
... Buildings - House of Archimedes - Capuchin Convent - Beautiful Gardens in a Lautomia or ancient Stone Quarry - Church of Santa Lucia - Shrine and Image of the Saint - Supposed Ruins of the Hexacontaclinos , and Construction of a curious ...
... Buildings - House of Archimedes - Capuchin Convent - Beautiful Gardens in a Lautomia or ancient Stone Quarry - Church of Santa Lucia - Shrine and Image of the Saint - Supposed Ruins of the Hexacontaclinos , and Construction of a curious ...
Page xi
... Building --- Form and Species --- Sculpture on the Pediments --- Statuaries --- Armour suspended on the Architrave --- Sculpture of the Me- topes and of the Frieze --- Inscription over the Pronaos - Ornaments of it --- Cella , with its ...
... Building --- Form and Species --- Sculpture on the Pediments --- Statuaries --- Armour suspended on the Architrave --- Sculpture of the Me- topes and of the Frieze --- Inscription over the Pronaos - Ornaments of it --- Cella , with its ...
Page 15
... saying to Plato , Var . Hist . lib . ii . Athenæus gives a curious account of a large building at Agrigentum , called the Trireme , adapted to the purposes of public luxury . 16 TEMPLES AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES . had but to perfect.
... saying to Plato , Var . Hist . lib . ii . Athenæus gives a curious account of a large building at Agrigentum , called the Trireme , adapted to the purposes of public luxury . 16 TEMPLES AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES . had but to perfect.
Page 17
... building raised on pilasters , and which , from its situation near the sea - gate , did very probably form part of the ancient forum of this great commercial city . But of all the edifices which Agrigentum , or perhaps any other state ...
... building raised on pilasters , and which , from its situation near the sea - gate , did very probably form part of the ancient forum of this great commercial city . But of all the edifices which Agrigentum , or perhaps any other state ...
Page 22
... building§ . From this spot the ruins on the southern precipice appear like fine monuments upon the proscenium of an immense theatre . Passing from hence towards the city we leave at a short distance on the left hand , near the sea ...
... building§ . From this spot the ruins on the southern precipice appear like fine monuments upon the proscenium of an immense theatre . Passing from hence towards the city we leave at a short distance on the left hand , near the sea ...
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