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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 579

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Theprincipal rooms, all vaulted, are for themost ])art richly decorated with paintingsand bas-reliefs ; especially the great hall,43 ft. wide and 110 ft. long. There is anarcaded vestibule and an entrance-hallwith two richly sculptured firejjlaces. A%\ VALETTA The doors ami windows, pilasters,… … Fig. 222.—Urbino, Pal. Ducale. portion being in the centre of the longfapade, where a section of wall is enclosedbetween two older flanking round towerswith corbelled jjarapets and conical roofs,the centre of the wall being occupied bythree open loggias, one above another,with pilasters and…

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