Spanish architecture of the sixteenth century; general view of the plateresque and Herrera styles (1917)
Byne, Arthur, 1883-1935, Byne, Mildred Stapley, 1875-1941 · New York, London : G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 222
stone balconies which were merely convertedprojecting turrets. The one innovation is a curious two-sided window best described as a bite out of the corner; andeven this may be a peaceful modification of the defensive ISOLATED WORK IN CASTILE AND ESTREMADURA 193 corner turret which permitted a… … Fig. 63—Detail of Stairway in the Palacio de los Duefios, Medina del Campo. extended to neighboring provinces. Conquistador palacesmay be found in Plasencia, Badajoz, Zafra, Caceres, andTrujillo, the most monumental being those of the Pizarrofamily in the last mentioned town; one of these, the…
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