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 393
f the N. E. sidethere is a projecting- portico, richly dec-orated with six Corinthian columns ofcipollino -iOJ ft. high, and two pilasters. the Amphitheatre. The (•hief portionsvisible arc the two tiers of arches of theexterior wall of the cavea, some vaultedpassages of the substructions of the… … F,g. 155—Prato, Cathedral. Three of these columns arc still standing.The chief entrance in the S. W. .side,toward the sea, had a central ])assage an<ltwo side passages decorated with jiilasters.After the eruption the coast sank, and atabout one-third of their height the stand-ing columns mark…
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