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Historic Buildings

by Esther Singleton

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Editor
Singleton, Esther, 1865-1930
Title
Historic buildings : as seen and described by great writers
Original Publication
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903.
Credits
Karin Spence and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
NA: Fine Arts: Architecture
Subject
Historic buildings
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 74786
Release Date
November 23, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Historic Buildings
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Preface
  4. 4.Contents
  5. 5.Illustrations
  6. 6.THE JUMMA MUSJID G. W. STEEVENS
  7. 7.MURANO JOHN RUSKIN
  8. 8.THE PALACE OF THE POPES CHARLES DICKENS
  9. 9.THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE PIERRE LOTI
  10. 10.LA GRANDE CHARTREUSE WILLIAM BECKFORD
  11. 11.THE TEMPLES OF HATCHIMAN ΑΙΜÉ HUMBERT
  12. 12.CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF WELLS EDWARD AUGUSTUS FREEMAN
  13. 13.THE COLISEUM EDWARD GIBBON
  14. 14.THE COLISEUM CHARLES DICKENS
  15. 15.GOLDEN TEMPLE OF THE SIKHS G. W. STEEVENS
  16. 16.THE GIRALDA ΤΗÉΟΡΗΙLΕ GAUTIER
  17. 17.THE CATHEDRAL OF MONREALE JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
  18. 18.THE LUXEMBOURG PALACE AUGUSTUS J. C. HARE
  19. 19.THE GREAT LAMA TEMPLE C. F. GORDON-CUMMING
  20. 20.HADDON HALL JOHN LEYLAND
  21. 21.CATHEDRAL OF PALERMO JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
  22. 22.THE FORTRESS AND PALACE OF GWALIOR LOUIS ROUSSELET
  23. 23.THE HOLY HOUSE OF LORETTO ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY
  24. 24.THE ALCAZAR OF SEVILLE EDMUNDO DE AMICIS
  25. 25.THE TOWER OF BELEM ARTHUR SHADWELL MARTIN
  26. 26.VENETIAN PALACES THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
  27. 27.SAINT OUEN, ROUEN L. DE FOURCAUD
  28. 28.CARISBROOKE CASTLE SIR JAMES D. MACKENZIE
  29. 29.THE PANTHEON AUGUSTUS J. C. HARE
  30. 30.ST. LAURENCE, NUREMBERG LINDA VILLARI
  31. 31.THE TORRE DEL ORO EDMUNDO DE AMICIS
  32. 32.CATHEDRAL OF ORVIETO JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
  33. 33.THE BUILDINGS OF SHAH JEHAN G. W. STEEVENS
  34. 34.THE PRIORY AND CHURCH OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHARLES KNIGHT
  35. 35.KUTB MINAR G. W. STEEVENS
  36. 36.KUTB MINAR ANDRÉ CHÉVRILLON
  37. 37.KENILWORTH CASTLE SIR JAMES D. MACKENZIE
  38. 38.SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE JOHN RUSKIN
  39. 39.THE RAMPARTS OF CARCASSONNE A. MOLINIER
  40. 40.THE CATHEDRAL OF MODENA EDWARD AUGUSTUS FREEMAN
  41. 41.THE CATHEDRAL OF RHEIMS LOUIS GONSE
  42. 42.THE CASTLE OF S. ANGELO AUGUSTUS J. C. HARE
  43. 43.SALISBURY CATHEDRAL W. J. LOFTIE
  44. 44.THE CASTLE OF ANGERS HENRI JOUIN
  45. 45.THE PAGODA OF TANJORE G. W. STEEVENS
  46. 46.THE VENDRAMIN-CALERGI THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
  47. 47.A VISIT TO THE OLD SERAGLIO, CONSTANTINOPLE PIERRE LOTI
  48. 48.THE DUOMO, THE LEANING TOWER. THE BAPTISTERY AND THE CAMPO-SANTO OF PISA H. A. TAINE
  49. 49.ROCHESTER CASTLE ARTHUR SHADWELL MARTIN
  50. 50.SANTA CROCE, FLORENCE JOHN RUSKIN
  51. 51.THE CERTOSA OF PAVIA — FOOTNOTES:

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