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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 414

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up the valley to the north-west. To reachit we descend from the castle so as to crain the bridc-eacross the Loup, and in doing so the steep streets of theold town of Villeneuvc, terraced in tiers on the slope of the LA TRINITY, 383 hill, are traversed, and the old church on its fine platformis… … FIG. 214. TOWER OF LA TRltilTE {/rOHl thc C/iapcl). looks like a lofty pedestal erected to support thecolossal statue of the Virgin and child which nowsurmounts it. But on closer inspection it is found to be 384 MEDI/EVAL PERIOD. a remarkable example of a keep, defended with thataccumulation of…

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