The shores of the Adriatic, the Austrian side : the Kèustenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia (1908)
Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton), 1848-1923 · New York : E.P. Dutton · leaf 210
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… … <h-lo WH Oh 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 glows in thesunset…
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