Singleton, Esther, d 1930, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · New York, Dodd, Mead & co. · leaf 480
se, one of the heroes of Tasso. From here you willtake in the entire imposing and truly Roman view of thepowerful citadel, from the Gate of the Lions, which opensupon the moat dug by Cassar, as far as the two towers, nowdecapitated, of the ancient donjon above the trunks ofwhich rises the slender… … CHATEAU DAMBOISE 369 the noble river freely beating the base of the fortress. Thegreat tower erected by Charles VIII. casts its shadow uponthe Loire, on which opens a door that forms on this sidethe only entrance to the castle. Further back, and as iflost in the shadow of the immense tower, is the…
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