Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 259
... churches and convents ringing their bells across empty streets . As early as 1710 a Jesuit wrote that it was so ruined and deserted that its ancient grandeur could only be guessed from the magnificence of the convents and churches ...
... churches and convents ringing their bells across empty streets . As early as 1710 a Jesuit wrote that it was so ruined and deserted that its ancient grandeur could only be guessed from the magnificence of the convents and churches ...
Pagina 260
... churches and convents and roofless houses with window - panes of sliced oyster - shell . There is the great Inquisition Palace , once the largest building in Goa , with its cells and winding corridors : it was , wrote Jean Baptiste ...
... churches and convents and roofless houses with window - panes of sliced oyster - shell . There is the great Inquisition Palace , once the largest building in Goa , with its cells and winding corridors : it was , wrote Jean Baptiste ...
Pagina 370
... churches rise on Roman temples , which became Moorish mosques , then Christian churches again ; ruin growing on ruin with the slow admirable rhythm of the centuries . In Italy and France , pagan churches developed with less abrupt ...
... churches rise on Roman temples , which became Moorish mosques , then Christian churches again ; ruin growing on ruin with the slow admirable rhythm of the centuries . In Italy and France , pagan churches developed with less abrupt ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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