Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania, Volume 1J. Mawman, 1820 - 532 pages |
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Page vii
... Fine Arts - Splendid Site of the City - Description of its Temples and other Antiquities - Modern City of Girgenti upon Mount Camicus - Cathedral , Public Library , & c . - Festival at the Dominican Convent- Excavations among the Tombs ...
... Fine Arts - Splendid Site of the City - Description of its Temples and other Antiquities - Modern City of Girgenti upon Mount Camicus - Cathedral , Public Library , & c . - Festival at the Dominican Convent- Excavations among the Tombs ...
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... fine Arts - Splendid Site of the City - Description of its Temples and other Antiquities -- Modern City of Girgenti upon Mount Camicus - Cathedral , Public Library , & c . - Festival at the Dominican Convent - Excavations among the ...
... fine Arts - Splendid Site of the City - Description of its Temples and other Antiquities -- Modern City of Girgenti upon Mount Camicus - Cathedral , Public Library , & c . - Festival at the Dominican Convent - Excavations among the ...
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... fine island of which it is the capital ; it is divided into four parts , by two long streets , terminated with lofty gates , and forming , at their intersec- tion , a fine piazza , called the “ Quattro Cantonieri . " It contains many ...
... fine island of which it is the capital ; it is divided into four parts , by two long streets , terminated with lofty gates , and forming , at their intersec- tion , a fine piazza , called the “ Quattro Cantonieri . " It contains many ...
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... fine suite of rooms , called the Conversazione , though from it all conversation seems banished by universal consent : it is , indeed , a temple over which the joint Demons of Gambling and Intrigue preside , and on that account is a ...
... fine suite of rooms , called the Conversazione , though from it all conversation seems banished by universal consent : it is , indeed , a temple over which the joint Demons of Gambling and Intrigue preside , and on that account is a ...
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... fine temple nearly entire , except the roof , commonly supposed to have been dedicated to Concord , being indebted for this extraordinary state of preservation to the piety of those ages which converted it into a Christian church . That ...
... fine temple nearly entire , except the roof , commonly supposed to have been dedicated to Concord , being indebted for this extraordinary state of preservation to the piety of those ages which converted it into a Christian church . That ...
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Acradina acropolis adorned Albanian amidst amongst ancient antiquity Apollo appearance Arethusa Argive Argos arrived Athenian Athens beautiful called cavern celebrated character church Cicero citadel Cockerell curious Cyclopéan Cyclopes dedicated deity Delphi Dionysius discovered Dodona edifice Epirus excavations feet festival Grecian Greece Greek ground harbour head height honour inhabitants inscription Ioannina island Jupiter magnificent marble Messina modern Molossian monuments Morea mountains Mycena noble observed oracle ornament Ortygia palace pasha Pausan Pausanias plain Plutarch Polybius possession Prevesa probably remains rock Roman ruins sacred scarcely scene scenery seems sepulchre shew Sicilian Sicily side Signore soon spot statue stone stood Strabo summit supposed Syracusan Syracuse tatar temple theatre Thesprotia tion Tiryns tomb tower traveller Turkish Turks tyrant vaivode vizir walls whilst Zacynthus Zante δὲ ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ μὲν τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τῷ τῶν