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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 471

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s.In the midst of these stand the churches, buildings of theseventeenth century, of clumsy character. The towers andspires, however, form a picturesque group (Fig. 263); and 440 MEDIEVAL PERIOD. along with the houses, as seen from the harbour, togetherwith the magnificent background of lofty and… … 0U^^^ i. JflrS FIG. 263. MENTONE (frovi t/ic Haibour). cemetery, from which very fine views arc obtained both ofthe coast line and of the mountains on the north. Numer-ous narrow valleys and gorges run up from the sea towardsthe mountains, forming beautiful and interesting pro-menades and…

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