An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... palace . The former was a square pile , each side being two furlongs in extent . tower erected on its centre was a furlong in breadth and the same in height , thus making it higher than the largest of the pyramids , supposing the ...
... palace . The former was a square pile , each side being two furlongs in extent . tower erected on its centre was a furlong in breadth and the same in height , thus making it higher than the largest of the pyramids , supposing the ...
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... palace was on the opposite side of the river , the outer wall whereof was no larger than the inner wall of the new one . Above the palace or citadel were , according to Strabo , the hanging gardens , for which , in some respects , a ...
... palace was on the opposite side of the river , the outer wall whereof was no larger than the inner wall of the new one . Above the palace or citadel were , according to Strabo , the hanging gardens , for which , in some respects , a ...
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... palace of the masters of Asia to which Alexander set fire in a moment of madness and debauch . The information we are about to give on this subject is obtained from De Bruyn , who examined the ruins with great attention in 1704 , with ...
... palace of the masters of Asia to which Alexander set fire in a moment of madness and debauch . The information we are about to give on this subject is obtained from De Bruyn , who examined the ruins with great attention in 1704 , with ...
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... palace to Egyptian captives , at a com- paratively late pe- riod , after the con- quest of Egypt by Fig . 30 . NAKSHI RUSTAN . Cambyses ; but we think they are answered by the similarity of arrow - headed characters used therein to ...
... palace to Egyptian captives , at a com- paratively late pe- riod , after the con- quest of Egypt by Fig . 30 . NAKSHI RUSTAN . Cambyses ; but we think they are answered by the similarity of arrow - headed characters used therein to ...
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... palace of Chehel Sitoon , or forty pillars , is placed in the middle of an immense square , intersected by canals , and Towards planted with trees . the garden is an open saloon whose ceiling is borne by eighteen columns , inlaid with ...
... palace of Chehel Sitoon , or forty pillars , is placed in the middle of an immense square , intersected by canals , and Towards planted with trees . the garden is an open saloon whose ceiling is borne by eighteen columns , inlaid with ...
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