A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1874)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 307
an open arcade. The last is a featurevery frequently found in Spain, not only in Mediaeval palaces, but inthose of the Renaissance period, and wherever it exists it is one of themost pleasing that can be found; it gives all the shadow of a cornice,without its inconvenient and useless projection,… … 731. Castle of Cocos, Castille. (From Villa Amil.) are not only numerous, but of great magnificence ; erected apparentlybefore the fear of inroads from the Moors of Granada had passedaway, or at all events when a military aristocracy was indispensableto save the nation from reconquest by these…
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