The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 317
pper portion,which was most likely an octagonal dome in the originalbuilding, is now modernised. The plan shews an attemptto make the floor as square as possible, by means of fourdeep niches introduced in the four angles. The centralfont is peculiar in form, and stands on a fragment of anancient… … RIEZ. 293 RlEZ, an ancient Roman colony instituted under thepatronage of Augustus, some distance to the north-westof Draguinon. The original town was built on the plainwatered b} the river Colastre (a tributary of the Verdon),but the inhabitants have long abandoned the low ground,and the houses now…
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