The antiquities of Athens and other monuments of Greece (1858)
Stuart, James, 1713-1788, Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804 · London : H. G. Bohn · leaf 147
ameter: the largest, it is presumed, everexecuted. In each of the fronts there were sevencolumns, and double that number in the flanks, the RUIN AT SALONICA. 131 angles included. . . The width of the cella betweenthe pilasters is two feet two inches more than thenave of St. Pauls, and the height… … 0 contrast can be more striking thanthat which exists between the descrip-tions of the Sacred Isle in its ancientstate, and the miserable aspect ofbarrenness and dilapidation which itactually presents. Delos, the mythologic birth-placeof Apollo and Diana, was enriched by commerce andsuperstition;…
Architecture
Internet Archive · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
