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Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix, & Roussillon (1912)

Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton), 1848-1923 · New York : Dutton · leaf 240

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agne, after his expedition against theSaracens, was converted into an abbey in the tenthcentury. The oldest portions of the church, the navewalls, the transept (except the vaults), and the Roman-esque south door, are due to the reconstruction underRoger IL (1111-1123). The Gothic choir, with… … 196 FOIX AND THE VALLEY OF THE ARIEGE showing that the imitation of an earher style is not anovel expedient invented by modern architects. Itwas reconstructed by Pierre de Caulet, from 1609 Treasurer of France at Toulousewith his brother, Jean Georges.Francois Etienne de Caulet, hisnephew, who was…

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