The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 247
MARSEILLES. universal occurrence in the churches of the South, as hasbeen already noticed, and we shall meet w^ith otherinstances. This pecuHar characteristic probably dates fromthe time of the crusades against the Albigenses in the 2l6 MEDIAEVAL PERIOD. twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when the… … FIG. 92. MONUMENT IN ST VICTORS, MAKSIilLLES. The frequent attacks of the Saracens may also havehad some influence in producing this style of exterior inthe churches near the sea-coast. AIX-EN-PROVENCE. 217 Aix-EN-Provence, which Is easily reached fromMarseilles by a delightful railway route…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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