Triggs, H. Inigo (Harry Inigo), 1876-1923 · London : Methuen & co. · leaf 108
on the mediaeval town in England seeHudson Turner and Parkers Domestic Architecture of the MiddleAges. 80 TYPES OF ANCIENT AND MODERN TOWNS principal thoroughfares run in the same direction, afact which is due no doubt to the land sloping towardsthe river. We see examples of this in London,… … FIG. l6.—MAGDEBURG ON THE ELBE, AS EXISTING IN 1632 it is not until the river becomes spanned by a bridgethat the radial lines of thoroughfares begin to assertthemselves. As the town increases in importance,fortifications become necessary, and a close ring ofwalls is built in horseshoe form from…
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