The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 478
r-1?-.~^«^^ ■■ \^i -^^i J^1&- .%i:^^ -^ii^lltl » tn 1 VENTIMIGLIA. 447 through a tunnel, on emerging from which the frontiertown of VENTIMIGLIA is seen towering above the plain ofthe river Roya. It stands on a bold rocky headland,defended on one side by the sea, and on the other by I … FIG. 260. STREET IN SAN REMO. the river. Like all border towns, its possession was con-stantly disputed by the neighbouring suzerains, and it en-dured many sieges, but was generally under the authority ofthe town of Genoa. The streets are narrow and tortuous, 448 MEDI/EVAL PERIOD. and have the…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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