The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 72
esponds with this descrip-tion. The seats, rising in tiers, are hollowed out of a hillside, and where natural support was awanting, at either end,it was supplied by building walls and vaults in continua-tion of the rock-cut seats. The proscenium wall (Fig. 5) isof great size, and is a splendid… … 42 ROMAN PERIOD. ancient theatres are generally destroyed and the materialsremoved. Externally the wall of the scena presents avery simple appearance, but has an imposing effect fromits size. The ground floor is designed with a series ofarches having pilasters between them. There is a largecentral…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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