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 553
eserved ancienttheatre, except that of Aspendos. It isof Greek foundation, but Roman remodel-ling, in plan a little larger tlian a semi-circle, the cavea being exteiuled on eachside about lOJ ft. The cavea is divided by flights of steps into nine cunei orwedges, and by two 2)recinctions or… … Fig, 212.—Taormina, Ancient Theatre. of which are still standing. The diameteris 3571 ft., that of the orchestra I^O ft.The stage-structure, with its brick con-struction and marble encrustation, isRoman.- The back wall of the stage ispierced by three doors with three nichesbetween each pair, and…
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