The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 123
e city ; the bold severity of theoutline, the battering of the lower portion of the wall, and the cappingformed by an einbattlement, show at once its object—that of a defen-sive boundary ;—next we have the Aurelian Wall and Gate of St. Paul,then the Gate of Spello, of Aosta, approaching in design… … THE GATE OP AHGUSTUS AT FANO. The lower portions of which are of great antiquity. Farm u Fortunae wasthe name the city formerly bore, which, from its saniptaous buildings, wasgreatly admired. There are three entrances, fliuked by circular towers,wliich rise to a considerable height, the two upper…
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