Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 263
from Iberia into Italy; aroad which in summer was easy travelling, but in winterand spring, muddy, and washed by streams. Some of 26o ANTIQUITIES OF NIMES. these were crossed by boats, and other by bridges of stoneor wood. The wintry torrents were the cause of thistrouble from the waters, for even… … La Maison Carrfee, Nlmes. Of these remains, the principal at Nimes are the so-called Maison Carree, and the Afup/iitheatre. The former is a beautiful Corinthian temple, built onthe plan of a parallelogram, about 76 feet long and 40wide.* It is a pseudo-peripteral edifice—that is, thecella occupies…
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