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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 233

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I MONT-MAJOUR. 203 We have already seen that this monastery was fortifiedand surrounded with walls. But it was chiefly strengthenedwith a great donjon, such as the abbots, who were alsogreat feudal lords, frequently constructed for their ownsecurity, and that of the monks and their treasures,…

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