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 . The 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 . The 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 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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... palace . According to Du Halde , the iron - wood , the - ly - mow , is as tall as the oaks of Europe , but is less in its trunk , and differs from it in colour , which is darker , and in weight . The author does not tell us whether it ...
... palace . According to Du Halde , the iron - wood , the - ly - mow , is as tall as the oaks of Europe , but is less in its trunk , and differs from it in colour , which is darker , and in weight . The author does not tell us whether it ...
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... palace and the greatness of its inhabitant , whether we consider its extent , symmetry , eleva- tion , and uniformity , or whether we regard it for the splendour and magnifi- cence of its parts , than the palace of the emperor at Pekin ...
... palace and the greatness of its inhabitant , whether we consider its extent , symmetry , eleva- tion , and uniformity , or whether we regard it for the splendour and magnifi- cence of its parts , than the palace of the emperor at Pekin ...
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