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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 328

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. At a still later period the entrancefront of the cathedral has been altered and finished inits present ungainly form (Fig. 133). The floor of thecathedral, owing to the slope of the ground, is several feetbelow the present level outside, and has to be approachedby descending steps. Originally the… … FIG. 138. FRHJUS CATHEDRAL, CLOISTERS. 298 MEDI/EVAL PERIOD. forms to the level of the place on the south of thechurch. The late Gothic style of this doorway, in whichRenaissance details are mixed with Gothic forms, belongsto the sixteenth century. The wall adjoining has been re-built and…

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