 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1830 - 632 pagini
...army was employed on the work ; hut its accomplishment was prevented by the want of that knowledge of hydraulic architecture which has been since acquired....its name from a splendid chapel, which he caused to lie built of the most beautiful Italian marble. The doors of this temple were of bronze, and its dome... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1830 - 636 pagini
...army was employed on the work ; but its accomplishment was prevented by the want of that knowledge of hydraulic architecture which has been since acquired....produced other monuments of his fame. The city of Aix-la-Chapello received its name from a splendid chapel, which he caused to be built of the most beautiful... | |
 | Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford - 1836 - 502 pagini
...its acconiplislunent was prevented by the want of that knowledge of hydraulic architecture which lias been since acquired. The arts, however, under his patronage, produced other monuments of his feme. The city of Aix-la-Chapelle received its name from a splendid chapel, which he caused to be built... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - 1851 - 640 pagini
...army was employed on the work ; but its accomplishment was prevented by the want of that knowledge of hydraulic architecture which has been since acquired....its name from a splendid chapel, which he 'caused to I« built of the most beautiful Italian marble. The doors of this temple were of bronze, and its dome... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1912 - 916 pagini
...employed on the work; but its accomplishment was prevented by want of knowledge of hydraulic architecture. The arts, however, under his patronage, produced other monuments of his fame. The city of Aix-Ia-Chapelle received its name from a splendid chapel which he caused to be built of the most beautiful... | |
 | 1918 - 850 pagini
...unite the Rhine with the Danube, and consequently the Atlantic with the Black Sea, by means of a canal. The arts, however, under his patronage, produced other...to be built of the most beautiful Italian marble. Charlemagne also erected baths in which more than 100 persons could swim in warm water. To Charlemagne... | |
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Aix-la-Chapelle received its name from a splendid chapel, which he caused to lie built of the most beautiful Italian marble. The doors of this temple were of bronze, and its dome bore a globe of massive gold. The imperial palace was built in the highest... 