The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 453
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 Figs. 252 and 253, were the only objects ofarchitectural… … FIG. 251. INTERIOR OF ENTRANCE GATEWAY, EZA. One station short of Monaco we arrive at that for LaTURBIE ; from which, by a very steep and zig-zag path, onemay ascend the bare and nearly vertical hill above therailway, whence a pleasant walk of a mile or two throughthe pine forest leads to the town…
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