The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 452
s into the town(Fig. 250.) The view of the interior of this gateway isvery picturesque (Fig. 251.) The town itself consists of afew narrow tortuous lanes bordered by decaying houses,chiefly tenanted by donkeys, pigs, and poultry. On the EZA. 427 top of the bare rock, and approached by great steps… … FIG. 250. ENTRANCE GATEWAY TO TOWN, EZA. formed, like Gourdon, during media:val times, a prettysecure retreat from the assaults of the Corsairs. Thecastle was, however, demolished by the Turks under Bar-barossa in 1543. The arcaded tower house, and the door 428 MEDI/EVAL PERIOD. lintel, shewn in…
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