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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 186

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e gatehouse are well finished in ashlarwork, and have ornamental chimneys, of which Fig. 57is a specimen. That over the entrance gateway contained ST ANDRfi. i6i the apparatus for working the portcullis. These chambershave been used as political prisons at various times ; andthe unfortuate… … FIG. 59. Gr.^RD-ROOM ON WALL, ST ANDUE. carvings are often well executed, and they form a veryinteresting, although melancholy exhibition. Some remains of the outer barbican which protectedthe approach to the gateway may still be observed. The walls of enceinte of St Andre present some intcr- L 162…

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