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Town planning, past, present and possible (1911)

Triggs, H. Inigo (Harry Inigo), 1876-1923 · London : Methuen & co. · leaf 390

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ture, the Church of SanFrancesco di Paolo. Another example of a forecourt place, thoughplanned on a more humble scale, is the Place de laTrinitd, Paris (Fig. 165). As in the case of the largerexample, it shows the good result of raising the monu-mental building well above the surrounding… … FIG. 164.—PIAZZA DI S. IlETRO, ROME SQUARES AND OPEN SPACES are too much cut up by streets entering the placeat various angles. The immense courtyards in front of the palacesof Versailles and Caserta are examples of approachesplanned upon a vast scale. The former consists of

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