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... built A.D. 707 , is covered with them ; one of them is at Sèvres . Similar ones have been found at Gour ( Bengal ) , Golconda , Algeria ; and most of the private houses , bashahs ' palaces , and mosques in Morocco , we have seen ...
... built A.D. 707 , is covered with them ; one of them is at Sèvres . Similar ones have been found at Gour ( Bengal ) , Golconda , Algeria ; and most of the private houses , bashahs ' palaces , and mosques in Morocco , we have seen ...
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... built by the Moors , whence it received its actual name , Al - Kalat , the Castle , was already known in the time of the Romans , who called it Complu- tum , and , according to Pliny , was a stipendiary city , subjected to the Jurid ...
... built by the Moors , whence it received its actual name , Al - Kalat , the Castle , was already known in the time of the Romans , who called it Complu- tum , and , according to Pliny , was a stipendiary city , subjected to the Jurid ...
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... built and en- dowed by Ximenes . The few remaining halls , patios , and galleries are desolate and lonely , but still bear vestiges of their former grandeur . Of the Pa- raninfo , where degrees were conferred . and which was richly ...
... built and en- dowed by Ximenes . The few remaining halls , patios , and galleries are desolate and lonely , but still bear vestiges of their former grandeur . Of the Pa- raninfo , where degrees were conferred . and which was richly ...
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... built after an impression de voyage of Marquis Gri- maldi , who had just returned from his embassy to the Hague . It was a ludi- crous idea to apply Dutch architecture to a Spanish climate , and the effect is curious , cold , and ...
... built after an impression de voyage of Marquis Gri- maldi , who had just returned from his embassy to the Hague . It was a ludi- crous idea to apply Dutch architecture to a Spanish climate , and the effect is curious , cold , and ...
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... built by the Carthaginians , and as- cribed to Hannibal , 531 B.C. , in honour of Amilcar . It is built of a reddish stone , and with the utmost regularity . The bold central ogival - pointed arch is 133 ft wide in the span , and a work ...
... built by the Carthaginians , and as- cribed to Hannibal , 531 B.C. , in honour of Amilcar . It is built of a reddish stone , and with the utmost regularity . The bold central ogival - pointed arch is 133 ft wide in the span , and a work ...
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