Triggs, H. Inigo (Harry Inigo), 1876-1923 · London : Methuen & co. · leaf 93
ut of the solid rock in such a position that it affordeda glorious view of the sea. The same type is also dis-tinctly shown in the inland town of Priene, in Asia 67 TOWN PLANNING Minor, whose streets, planned upon the rectangularsystem, forced their way through rocks at some places,and at others… … FIG. lO.—PLAN OF ANCIENT ALEXANDRIA the Agora, as the central scene of public life, was veryspacious. Under the rule of Alexander the Great and hisimmediate successors, the Diadochi, many new citieswere laid out. The greatest of these was Alexandriaitself, founded about the year 323 B.C., from…
City planning
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