Cathedrals and cloisters of the south of France (1906)
Rose, Elise Whitlock · New York London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 66
, an liour or two of the hot afternoon in thebig, cool church, and sunset time at the bridge, seeing thechurch as Bernard dc Castenet and his architects plannedit, and indeed as it was before the Cardinals day. In those times that part of Albi which lies in front of theCathedral was the Kings town,… … the apse rose, a high DEFENSI\E wall.—ALBI. Albi. 51 whose threatening tower loomed above the royal bourg.This was the old, plain Sainte-Cecile built all of brick, thegreat keep which loses none of its mightiness even when seento-day with its wealth of later ornament. Then it was partof the…
Cathedrals -- France · France -- Description and travel
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