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Title: Roman cities in Italy and Dalmatia
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Frothingham, Arthur L. (Arthur Lincoln), 1859-1923
Subjects: Cities and towns, Ancient Cities and towns -- Italy Architecture, Roman Italy -- Antiquities Dalmatia (Croatia) -- Antiquities
Publisher: New York, Sturgis & Walton Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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nter and boats could enter directly into thelower part of the palace. The gallery is now closed, but there is no diffi-culty in reconstructing its original appearanceif we eliminate the walls that fill up the morethan fifty intercolumniations and arcades. Therewas no monotony. The design was diversifiedby three arcades which broke the long architraveand are among the characteristic unclassic andOriental features of the palace. The old printwhich is here reproduced helps ones imagina-tion. I do not know of any similar work ofancient architecture on such a large scale and sowell preserved. The other f a9ades, with their towers and plainwalls, were purely military, except for the statu-ary and other decorations of the Porta Aurea,the main entrance on the land side. After entering by the Porta Aurea we passthrough the entire northern section along thecentral street without seeing hardly a trace ofRoman work, but as soon as we reach the cen-tral cross street, the scene changes abruptly, as
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?: V < *t3 ^-^ fc£ ^ «H c ■r be ^ ^ -t-- O ;:: CO X = o Plate Lv THE JVP- •ft ROMAN CITIES 315 we come to the arcaded court. In the originaldesign the arcades were open on both sides, therebeing only a low parapet between the columns.On the right one caught a glimpse of the templeof Aesculapius standing isolated in the centerof its little square, and on the left, in anothersquare, the concentric mausoleum. Immediatelyin front was the facade of the throne room. Avolume could be written on these four works, be-cause they are not only so well-preserved but arehistorically so pregnant with interest. It is true, the court has suffered eclipse by thebuildings which, beginning in the seventh oreighth century, have closed its arcades. But theyremain a classic and noted example cited in everytext-book; the earliest use of lines of free-stand-ing arcades resting on columns. For the firsttime the old straight architrave is discarded.Here

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