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                           THE ARCHITECTURE

                                  OF

                       PROVENCE AND THE RIVIERA




                 _Printed by George Waterston & Sons_

                                  FOR

                      DAVID DOUGLAS, EDINBURGH.

                LONDON         HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO.
                CAMBRIDGE      MACMILLAN AND BOWES.
                GLASGOW        JAMES MACLEHOSE AND SONS.




                          THE ARCHITECTURE OF

                               PROVENCE

                                  AND

                              THE RIVIERA

                                  BY

                            DAVID MACGIBBON

  AUTHOR OF “THE CASTELLATED AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF SCOTLAND.”

                            [Illustration]

                       EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS

                                 1888.

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PREFACE.


Having been called on, a few years ago, to make frequent journeys
between this country and the Riviera, the author was greatly impressed
with the extraordinary variety and abundance of the ancient
architectural monuments of Provence. This country was found to contain
not only special styles of Mediæval Art peculiar to itself, but likewise
an epitome of all the styles which have prevailed in Southern Europe
from the time of the Romans. It proved to be especially prolific in
examples of Roman Art from the age of Augustus till the fall of the
Empire. It also comprises a valuable series of buildings illustrative of
the transition from Classic to Mediæval times. These are succeeded by a
rich and florid development of Romanesque, accompanied by a plain style
which existed parallel with it--both being peculiar to this locality.
The remains of the Castellated Architecture are also especially grand
and well preserved; while the picturesque towns, monasteries, and other
structures of the Riviera have a peculiar charm and attraction of their
own.

These Architectural treasures being comparatively unknown, it is