Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 125
... gates have been a difficulty . Pausanias said he was shewn seven ; archaeologists say this is improbable , as the gates were destroyed by Demetrius in 290 B.C. Still , in A.D. 396 , when Alaric stormed through Boetica , Thebes was still ...
... gates have been a difficulty . Pausanias said he was shewn seven ; archaeologists say this is improbable , as the gates were destroyed by Demetrius in 290 B.C. Still , in A.D. 396 , when Alaric stormed through Boetica , Thebes was still ...
Pagina 167
... gates , churches , tombs of martyrs and sacred relics . As , " The first is the Cornelian gate , which is now called the gate of St Peter . Near it is situated the Church of St Peter , in which his body lies , decked with gold and ...
... gates , churches , tombs of martyrs and sacred relics . As , " The first is the Cornelian gate , which is now called the gate of St Peter . Near it is situated the Church of St Peter , in which his body lies , decked with gold and ...
Pagina 399
... gates , of which one , a great arch in the south wall , was intact . The outer wall had six gates . Within the walls were foundations of buildings , blocks of marble and fragments of sculptures ; all the debris of a once flourishing ...
... gates , of which one , a great arch in the south wall , was intact . The outer wall had six gates . Within the walls were foundations of buildings , blocks of marble and fragments of sculptures ; all the debris of a once flourishing ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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