The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 382
FIG. 182. MOUGINS, GATE TO TOWN. GRASSE. 351 the roses, violets, and other sweet scented flowers, fromwhich the perfumes for which Grasse is famous are distilled.From an early time Grasse was an industrious andcommercial town. It thus became rich, and its wealthbrought upon it frequent attacks from… … FIG. 183. ATRIBEAU. the example of the Italian towns with which theyhad commerce by constituting themselves a free re-public. Their consuls formed treaties with Pisa andGenoa, and unfortunately the town got mixed upwith Italian politics and the disputes of the Guelphsand Ghibellines. This led to…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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