The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 457
< N 426 MEDI/EVAL PERIOD. arranged. The outer approach (Fig. 249) is by a passagefaced by a cannon port-hole. From this access a gate atright angles leads to a second narrow enclosed passagecommanded by a machicolated tower, through which a … FIG. 249. APPROACH TO THE TOWN GATE, EZA. winding and ascending vaulted way conducts into the town(Fig. 250.) The view of the interior of this gateway isvery picturesque (Fig. 251.) The town itself consists of afew narrow tortuous lanes bordered by decaying houses,chiefly tenanted by donkeys, pigs,…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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