The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 441
FIG. 235. VENCE CATHEDRAL the see of a bishop, but was afterwards joined to that ofFrejus. The town suffered the usual casualties from theattacks of the Saracens and assaults during the wars of 410 MEDI/EVAL PERIOD. religion. The cathedral, which is evidently very old, issupposed to have been… … 11 111 M11 FIG. 236. ILAN OK VENCE CATHEDRAL. the original one by the Saracens in the ninth or tenthcenturies. Owing to the simplicity of its style internally I VENCE. 411 (Fig. 235), it has a most archaic appearance. Unfortun-ately, the exterior cannot be well seen in consequenceof the chapels,…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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