An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1842 - 1089 Seiten |
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... sides a few yards of wall remain , the face whereof is clear and perfect , and appears to have been the front of some building . The opposite side is so confused a mass of rubbish , that it looks as if the ravine had been worked through ...
... sides a few yards of wall remain , the face whereof is clear and perfect , and appears to have been the front of some building . The opposite side is so confused a mass of rubbish , that it looks as if the ravine had been worked through ...
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... side is an aperture like a window ; the layers of cement are very thin , which , consider- ing it is mere mud , is an extraordinary circumstance . The height of the whole is 126 ft .; diameter of the largest part , 100 ft ...
... side is an aperture like a window ; the layers of cement are very thin , which , consider- ing it is mere mud , is an extraordinary circumstance . The height of the whole is 126 ft .; diameter of the largest part , 100 ft ...
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... side , having no stairs on that side ; average height about 18 ft . 7 in . On the north side it is 410 paces ( 926 ft . ) from east to west , and the wall is 21 ft . high in some places . At the north - west corner of the wall , about ...
... side , having no stairs on that side ; average height about 18 ft . 7 in . On the north side it is 410 paces ( 926 ft . ) from east to west , and the wall is 21 ft . high in some places . At the north - west corner of the wall , about ...
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... side the city is beheld it resembles a wood , where only domes are to be seen , with lofty slender towers attached to them . The houses are generally mean in external appearance : they commonly consist of a large square court surrounded ...
... side the city is beheld it resembles a wood , where only domes are to be seen , with lofty slender towers attached to them . The houses are generally mean in external appearance : they commonly consist of a large square court surrounded ...
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... side being provided with a highly deco- rated frustum of a pyramid over an entrance gateway . The large enclosure is subdivided into four subordinate ones , whereof the cen- tral one , surrounded by a colonnade and steps , contains a ...
... side being provided with a highly deco- rated frustum of a pyramid over an entrance gateway . The large enclosure is subdivided into four subordinate ones , whereof the cen- tral one , surrounded by a colonnade and steps , contains a ...
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