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Cathedral cities of Italy (1911)

Collins, W. W., 1862- · London : W. Heinemann ; New York : Dodd, Mead · leaf 416

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se outside the water shaft. The PapalCourt naturally followed the Pope, and Orvieto inthe days which have gone must have worn a morehuman air than it does now. One can understandthat then its dark, solemn streets resounded with alittle gaiety, and its palaces had a greater show oflife than they… … ORV1ETO the stranger, bring much more life into this solemnplace. No other word describes the palaces otOrvieto better than the above. Nearly every oneof these fortress palaces has a tower of defence, thewalls of which are from eight to ten feet thick.Many of them are connected with one another…

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