The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 231
. 84) and arrangementsof the edifice have a strange and foreign appearance, andrecall the architecture of the East. At the same timethe high triangular pediments of the exterior, and thecornices, egg mouldings, modillions, and the simple cir-cular arch of the doorway, are all features… … FIG. 8^ transported into Western Europe. In the porch is aninscription attributing the foundation to Charlemagne,but Merimee clearly proves that this is a forgery, andthat the date of the building is 1019. The chapel is onlylighted with three small windows, which open upon a littleenclosure where…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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