HANOVER. 65 placed at the highest part of a large open space. This position gives it importance, and it appears higher and more elegant than it really is. Its fagades (fig. 98) have, on the whole, a grand appearance. The details are wanting in originality, but are very simple and … Fig. 100. — The Gymnasium, Hanover. kept under due restraint. The proportion of the various stories, and their dimensions when compared with the main body of the building, as seen from without, are too uniform. There is also another more serious defect. This building — the idea of which has been…
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