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The shores of the Adriatic, the Austrian side : the Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia (1908)

Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton), 1848-1923 · London : Murray · leaf 210

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ned double staircases, but nosign of them remains, though the doorways and grillesof pierced stone testify to their usefulness. Excava-tions have brought to light forty or fifty pieces of thesteps of the auditorium, upon some of which the seatsare marked by dividing lines and by letters. Thepodium… … <c w < ws H i—i X 3 < w S. MARIA FORMOSA 147 stones. At that time the seats were taken to repairthe town walls, and a great deal of the material wassubsequently sold to Venice. The stone of which theamphitheatre is built has taken on a beautiful warmcolour from the suns of centuries, and…

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