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than the Ducal Palace. It must, however, beremembered that the raising of the level of the Piazza hassomewhat detracted from the elevation of both the basilicaand the Palace. Fynes Moryson notes in his Itinerary (1617)that there were stairs of old to mount out of the market-place into the church… … A GONDOLIER. THE BASILICA OF ST MARK 223 Whether there were any such intention in the minds ofthe builders is doubtful, but in all communities where thesense of municipal liberty or of secular independence isstrong, the dominant civic power is actualised in architecture.In Flemish towns the Hotel…
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