The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 202
holy family, and attended by multitudes of people. The Castle of Tarascon (Fig. 64) stands on a rockwhich rises but little above the level of the river. Begunby Louis II. of Provence in the fourteenth century, itwas finished by King Rene in the fifteenth. It is nowa prison, so that the interior is… … 172 MEDI/EVAL PERIOD. effect is fine, although somewhat heavy, and the detailsof the entrance gateway, with its separate drawbridgesfor carriages and foot passengers, and its ornamentalparapet and corbels are particularly noteworthy. Tarascon has some good bits of architecture in itsnarrow but…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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