. A description of the East, and some other countries . ON SYRIA. ? The fouth fide of the two courts which lead to the temple, wereeither never finifhed, or have been much ruined, but the other fide re-mains fo entire, efpecially that of the inner court B, that it was notvery difiicult to make a plan of them. The fpaces on each fide E E,were doubdefs defigned for Tome apartments, of which there are remainsto the north: A plan of the grand entrance to the courts may be feen atD in the fame plate, and a view of it in the eighteenth plate. Thereare pedeftals in the front, which feem to have been
. A description of the East, and some other countries . ON SYRIA. ? The fouth fide of the two courts which lead to the temple, wereeither never finifhed, or have been much ruined, but the other fide re-mains fo entire, efpecially that of the inner court B, that it was notvery difiicult to make a plan of them. The fpaces on each fide E E,were doubdefs defigned for Tome apartments, of which there are remainsto the north: A plan of the grand entrance to the courts may be feen atD in the fame plate, and a view of it in the eighteenth plate. Thereare pedeftals in the front, which feem to have been defigned for ftatues,being too fmall for pillars: If there had been a colonade, this buildingwould have very much refcmbled the defign of Bernini, executed at theLouvre in Paris. There is a fquare pavilion d d at each end, and therooms within are adorned with the fame architedlure as the walls inthe front. This magnificent entrance is at leaft twenty feet above theground to the eaft, and without doubt a grand flight of flairs was de-figned to it, th
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