A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . his is in jjart perhaps clue tothe vigorous individuality of the Gallic race, inpart to the influence of the Greek colony ofMassilUa, the modern Marseilles, and in part tothe invariable use of cut stone which is charac-teristic of all the styles of Provence and east-ern Lauguedoc. In the later period of Romanart the proj)ortions and details are crude (per-haps even more so tlian at the same time inItaly), but on the other hand there is iu the FRANCE coarsely quarried lilocks of st(me the littb riverTiiulouh
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . his is in jjart perhaps clue tothe vigorous individuality of the Gallic race, inpart to the influence of the Greek colony ofMassilUa, the modern Marseilles, and in part tothe invariable use of cut stone which is charac-teristic of all the styles of Provence and east-ern Lauguedoc. In the later period of Romanart the proj)ortions and details are crude (per-haps even more so tlian at the same time inItaly), but on the other hand there is iu the FRANCE coarsely quarried lilocks of st(me the littb riverTiiulouhre, at this ])oiMt nearly 40 feet !ut tiie striking features of tlie design are thetwin triumphal arches across the roadwaj, oneat each end of the bridge. At Aries (theRoman Arelate) there arc several Roman monu-ments of first importance. Of these the arenaor ampiiitiieatre is in an unusually good stateof preservation. The exterior of this monu-ment has arcades in two stories of the Romanarcii order similar to the arcades of the Coli-seum in Rome. The lower order is Doric, the. Franck, Pakt X. Cathedral of S. Nazaike at Carcassonne (Aude), South of France,c. 1320 work of the province a robust originality ofconception and a vigour of execution which com-pensates for this lack of refinement. Perhapsthe oldest Roman monument of importance inProvence, of wliich anything remains, is to befound in the ruins of the temple at Vern^gues(Bouches-<lu-Rhone), about halfway betweenAix and Avignon. Its Corinthian capitalsshow decided Greek influence, and are refinedand elegant in proportion, though somewhatover attenuated. Not far from Vernfegues, atSaint Chnmas, is an exceedingly interestingRoman bridge, wliich spans with a single arch of137 upper, Corinthian, surmounted Vjv an attic. Thearena is an ellipse, 228 feet by 128 feet. Thetheatre is less well preserved, but contains somebeautiful examples of Corinthian columns andpieces of entablature. The ancient cemetery,known as
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