. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. ith battlements,with the two anglescarried up slightlyabove the main cor-nice. The buildinghas four stages, — the first of open round arches, the others withgood two-light windows, with round bearing-arch and pointed extrados. The Palazzo della Ragione of Padua, though so generally familiar,is so exceptional in character that I cannot pass it by with-out notice. It is of earlier date by more than a hundredyears than any of the examples I have already mentioned, havingbeen built originally in the f
. A history of architecture in Italy from the time of Constantine to the dawn of the renaissance. ith battlements,with the two anglescarried up slightlyabove the main cor-nice. The buildinghas four stages, — the first of open round arches, the others withgood two-light windows, with round bearing-arch and pointed extrados. The Palazzo della Ragione of Padua, though so generally familiar,is so exceptional in character that I cannot pass it by with-out notice. It is of earlier date by more than a hundredyears than any of the examples I have already mentioned, havingbeen built originally in the first half of the twelfth century. Thelower story was a great open market-place, with four rows of arcadesof twenty-three round arches on piers. When, later, it was resolvedto build a great hall above, the supporting arcades were thoughtinsufficient as a foundation, and the three aisles were divided byintermediate rows of arches carried on columns. The hall is impos-ing from its size and height, and from its simplicity. The greatspace, about three hundred feet long and seventy-six broad,^ is. Fig. 449. Monza. Broletto. At Padua. ^ The measurements given by various authorities vary, as usual. I have taken thoseof Mothes. 296 ARCHITECTURE IN ITALY
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