The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 402
FIG. 204. CHURCH, TOTRETTES. The latter is a specimen built on the plan of the simple hallwithout aisles. In this instance it is vaulted with groinedarches (Fig. 204), the ribs having the unusual form ofa plain bead, and springing from small primitive lookingcorbels, such as are common in Provencal… … The font (Fig. 205) in this church is of a rather re-markable design. A few miles further drive through fine mountainscenery brings us to the ancient city ofVence (described further on), whence therailway station of Vence-Cagnes is aboutsix miles distant We shall now return to Cannes andfollow the…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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