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 281
he plan of a whole tour. The city looks most attractive from the sea as oneapproaches. It occupies a long tongue of land midwayalong the western coast, and the walls drop into thewater both towards the harbour and the open sea.They are nearly complete in their circuit, but have losttheir… … w PQPi< O < a h-( Q HOUSES OF THE ViiNETIAN PERIOD 193 seats here and there. Aloes grow plentifully on therocks to the south-west. In the early Middle Ages Arbe was prosperous owingto its trade and its position on the high-road betweenVenice and the East. The plague of 1456 depopulatedit, and…
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