Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pagini |
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Pagina 205
... terrace of the original temple , the tangle of terraces , colonnades , sanctuaries , halls , that cover the hill . Since the Renaissance , Palestrina has been the delight of artists , archi- tects and archaeologists . The reconstruction ...
... terrace of the original temple , the tangle of terraces , colonnades , sanctuaries , halls , that cover the hill . Since the Renaissance , Palestrina has been the delight of artists , archi- tects and archaeologists . The reconstruction ...
Pagina 206
... terraces and ramps , and what had once been the open colonnaded space at the top , were smashed up . Directly the war ended , the archaeologists seized their chance ; exiling and rehousing else- where the unlucky inhabitants , they set ...
... terraces and ramps , and what had once been the open colonnaded space at the top , were smashed up . Directly the war ended , the archaeologists seized their chance ; exiling and rehousing else- where the unlucky inhabitants , they set ...
Pagina 378
... terraces , tree - grown , one terrace above another till from the summit he looked down on the roof of forest that waved over Angkor Thom . By night the halls were windy with the swirling , squeaking multitude of bats that hung from the ...
... terraces , tree - grown , one terrace above another till from the summit he looked down on the roof of forest that waved over Angkor Thom . By night the halls were windy with the swirling , squeaking multitude of bats that hung from the ...
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THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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