Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 193
ulchurches, some of which are of noble size. The Duomo(cathedral) of Pisa, built 1063-1118, is the finest monument * See Appendix B. i6o HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE. of the style (Figs. 92, 93). It is 312 feet long and 118wide, with long transepts and an elliptical dome of laterdate over the crossmg… … FIG. 92.—BAPTISTERY, CATHEDRAL, AND LEANING TOWER, PISA. The circular Baptistery (i 153), with its lofty domical cen-tral hall surrounded by an aisle, an imposing developmentof the type established by Constantine (p. m), and thefamous Leaning Tower (1174), both designed with externalarcading,…
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