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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 269

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erinto the church is pointed, and has voussoirs of white andred marble alternating—a style of decoration very usualin the South, and which may perhaps be the result of theproximity to the Moors in Spain, Several interesting bas-reliefs and other ancient frag-ments have been preserved by being built… … CARCASSONNE. 245 Mediaeval castellated architecture which still exist in thetowns of Carcassonne and Aigues Mortes. These are, fromtheir excellent state of preservation, quite unique, and farsurpass in extent and interest the remains of the forti-fications of any of the other cities of Western…

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