The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 63
. Theupper part consists of a talland partly hollow squarepyramid. The base ispierced with four arches,each flanked with two en-gaged columns, the capitalsof which are only roughlyblocked out. The Romanswere in the habit of build-ing thus, and executing the sculpture afterwards. Themasonry is… … FIG. 3. THE PYRAMID, VIENNE. VIENNE. 39 many other Roman edifices. There is no inscription orother indication of the purpose for which this monumentwas erected, but it has most probably been commemorative,and the name of Alexander Severus has been generallyconnected with it. Prosper Merimee is of…
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