A Tour Through Old Provence

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A. S. Forrest. A Tour Through Old Provence

A Tour Through Old Provence

Table of Contents

FOREWORD

LIST OF HALF-TONE ILLUSTRATIONS

AVIGNON

I. AVIGNON

VILLENEUVE

II. VILLENEUVE

TARASCON

III. TARASCON

IV. LES BAUX

MONTMAJOUR

V. MONTMAJOUR

ARLES

VI. ARLES

NÎMES

VII. NÎMES

ORANGE

VIII. ORANGE

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

INDEX

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A. S. Forrest

Published by Good Press, 2019

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The Cathedral of Notre Dame des Doms, which at first glance might be mistaken for a continuation of the great mass of buildings which constitute the Palace of the Popes, is one of the earliest monuments or buildings in the town. Standing on an elevated site, the summit of the great Rock of the Doms, it was constructed early in the twelfth century, and remains to-day a choice specimen of Romanesque architecture. Like all the buildings in Provence, it has been carefully studied and severely criticised, various and conflicting opinions have been expressed about it, and different dates assigned to it. From the apex of the small octagonal structure that surmounts the great square tower of the Cathedral, a gigantic gilded figure of the Virgin looks down upon the town and surrounding country.

CATHEDRAL AND PAPAL PALACE. AVIGNON

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