A cyclopaedia of works of architecture in Italy, Greece, and the Levant (1895)
Longfellow, William Pitt Preble, 1836-1913 · New York, Scribner's sons · leaf 305
istinct portions,of wliich the older cathedral, called theBasilica of Sta. Restituta, opening fromthe south aisle of the newer cathedral andat right angles to it, is reputed to havebeen founded by Coustantine and to oc-cupy the site of a Roman temple of Apol-lo ; but the oldest parts probably… … taken from Roman temples. The aislesare each in seven groined bays flanked bya line of square chapels. The ceiling ofthe nave is jiainted by Lnca Giordano.The old baptistery, now the Chapel of S.Giovanni in Fonte, opens from the endof the right aisle, and is remarkable forthe number of early…
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