An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... building . The opposite side is so confused a mass of rubbish , that it looks as if the ravine had been worked through a solid building . Under the founda tions at the southern end was discovered a sub- terranean passage floored and ...
... building . The opposite side is so confused a mass of rubbish , that it looks as if the ravine had been worked through a solid building . Under the founda tions at the southern end was discovered a sub- terranean passage floored and ...
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... building as to level , marked I , is 118 ft . distant from the columns lettered G. Some foundations are visible in front of this building , to which there is not the slightest trace of a staircase . At fifty - three feet from the faƧade ...
... building as to level , marked I , is 118 ft . distant from the columns lettered G. Some foundations are visible in front of this building , to which there is not the slightest trace of a staircase . At fifty - three feet from the faƧade ...
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... building , surrounding each area , are square towers , two stories high , crowned with galleries . The reader will find a delineation of this extraordinary building in Cousin's work , Du Genie de L'Architec- ture , 4to , Paris , 1822 ...
... building , surrounding each area , are square towers , two stories high , crowned with galleries . The reader will find a delineation of this extraordinary building in Cousin's work , Du Genie de L'Architec- ture , 4to , Paris , 1822 ...
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... building restored by him from some fragments found near the spot where they were discovered , which is rather more than a mile beyond the Capo di Bove , near Rome . Four of the statues 44 Fig . 104 . Fig . 105 . - were found ; and on ...
... building restored by him from some fragments found near the spot where they were discovered , which is rather more than a mile beyond the Capo di Bove , near Rome . Four of the statues 44 Fig . 104 . Fig . 105 . - were found ; and on ...
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... building . The columns are 47 03 ft . high , and their lower diameter 4.79 ft . The entablature is 10-22 ft . , or nearly , not quite a fifth of the height of the column . The profile of the order is bold and well conceived , and the ...
... building . The columns are 47 03 ft . high , and their lower diameter 4.79 ft . The entablature is 10-22 ft . , or nearly , not quite a fifth of the height of the column . The profile of the order is bold and well conceived , and the ...
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