A history of architecture in all countries, from the earliest times to the present day (1902)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886, Spiers, Richard Phené, 1838-1916, Kerr, Robert, 1823-1904 · London, J. Murray · leaf 569
contemporary campanile at Venice, which, though very nearly ofthe same dimensions, is lean and bald compared with this tower atSeville. So indeed are most of the Italian towers of the same age.All these towers seem to have been erected for very analogous purposes,for the Giralda can never have been… … 995. Giralda, Seville. (From aDrawing by Girault de Prangey.) r,K. i. Ch. hi. Spain. 551 Most probably it was a pillar of victory, or a tower symbolicalof dominion and power, like many others we have had occasion, toallude to in the previous pages of this work. Indeed the tradition isthat it was…
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