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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 198

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simple but good, and quiteNorthern in style, having two round towers flanking theentrance archway. REAUCAIRE. 173 Beaucaire.—Crossing the bridge of boats from thecastle of King Rene, the bare limestone rock surmountedby the Castle of Beaucaire meets the view (Fig. 68). Thiscastle was anciently a… … FIG. 66. GATE OF TARASCON. siege he was attacked and defeated by Raymond VII.(1216). Although now a complete ruin internally, thewalls exist all round and shew the great extent of thefortress (Fig. 6-]). The outer enceinte, and its long approachby wide flights of stairs from the west, can still…

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