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The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)

MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 488

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ssion before arriving at Alassio, the furthest east ofthe health resorts of the Riviera. The tower of the churchhere (Fig. 276) has the usual form of the Italian campanile.A few miles further east bring us to Albenga, whichis, architecturally speaking, the most interesting town onthis part of the… … FIG. 279. TOWER AT NORTH-EAST OF CHURCH, ALBENGA. 458 MEDI/EVAL PERIOD. way station (Fig. 278) shews the peculiar preponderanceof square towers for which it is remarkable. On closerinspection these are found to be no less surprisingthan when seen from a distance. They are generallyquite plain and…

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