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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 325

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ssion of the whole of thedetached chain of mountains still called after them bythe name of Les !Maures. The sheltered gulf ofGrimaud formed a fine harbour for their ships, and theport St Tropez was then a place from which a consider-able trade was carried on with the African coast. Inthe later… … FIG. 141. ST TROPEZ. with their large brown sails, they give a peculiar andpleasing effect (Fig. 141). Some of the houses shewsigns of having seen better days, but the whole place ST TROPEZ. 301 has a somewhat deca\ed and crumbling appearance. Thetown is surmounted by a castle, which was…

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