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Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)

Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 298

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A HILLY STREET.— OLORON. the episcopal Palace, was the Cathedral-church of the dio-cese. Re-built in the XT century, its west portal was addedin the XIT, its west tower in the XIII, its choir in the XIV,and the long line of nave chapels in the two following cen-turies. This long period of five… … the rounded ROMAKESQUE portal of the Xn CENTURY.—OLORON. Oloron. 279 of changing styles. In the XVII century some furtherchanges were made and the apse towers were destroyed;and to-day completed, the church is a large building, long,low, and heavy. A square tower projects beyond the facade wall,…

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