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 469
bout the same date, Merlata dell Aspello, erected asa defence against the Turks in 1570, the gate-toweron the Piazzetta of 1649, and the Gothic Torre Lom-bardo of 1448, near the land gate. The walls can bewalked round in a quarter of an hour, and are domi-nated by the Fort S. Biagio, erected by the… … front of it. Enormous brackets supporting couchanthons rest upon the knotted cokimns, with curiousfigures of Adam and Eve on their lower faces. A THE CATHEDRAL, CURZOLA 327 circular hood mould, with ogee finial, springs fromthem. In the gable is a traceried rose, above which isan elaborate cornice…
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