The antiquities of Athens and other monuments of Greece (1858)
Stuart, James, 1713-1788, Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804 · London : H. G. Bohn · leaf 41
been altogetherdestroyed by a series of disastrous events. Havingbeen converted to the uses of the Greek Church, thiswould have insured its preservation; but in 1674, aFrench ambassador took it into his head to celebratemass within its precincts, and this desecration causedit to be abandoned by the… … HIS singular building,usuallycalled The Tower of the Winds/is constructed of marble, and bearson each of its eight faces an alle-gorical figure in relief; the entireseries representing the differentwinds, according to the arrange-ment and nomenclature of theIn order, however, that the reader…
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