The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 472
1^1 VENTIMIGLIA. 447 through a tunnel, on emerging from which the frontiertown of Vextimiglia is seen towering above the plain ofthe river Roya. It stands on a bold rocky headland,defended on one side by the sea, and on the other by … STREET IN SAN REMO. the river. Like all border towns, its possession was con-stantly disputed by the neighbouring suzerains, and it en-dured many sieges, but was generally under the authority ofthe town of Genoa. The streets are narrow and tortuou.s. 448 MEDI.EVAL TERIOD. and have the usual…
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