Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado . 1354. Landing at the stabilimento, a busy shipbuildingyard and dock belonging to a Triestine company,we followed a winding path that led upwardsthrough vineyards and oliveyards to the remainsof the ancient hill town. Bound the crest of thehill may be traced the ditch and the line of walls ^ Yid. Atti della Societa d Ingegnieri ed Architetti in Trieste,1844, Anno VI. Fascicolo IV, containing a paper by Cav. , suU antica chiesa di S. Maria de Castro Muglae withplans and elevations. I have taken my
Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado . 1354. Landing at the stabilimento, a busy shipbuildingyard and dock belonging to a Triestine company,we followed a winding path that led upwardsthrough vineyards and oliveyards to the remainsof the ancient hill town. Bound the crest of thehill may be traced the ditch and the line of walls ^ Yid. Atti della Societa d Ingegnieri ed Architetti in Trieste,1844, Anno VI. Fascicolo IV, containing a paper by Cav. , suU antica chiesa di S. Maria de Castro Muglae withplans and elevations. I have taken my ground-plan. Fig. 120,from that by Dr. Pulgher. B b 2 372 Miiggia Vecchia. [Ch. XXXIII. and bastions, now broken down and overgrown withweeds and brambles. The gates may be recognised,and the area within the walls is full of ruins ofhouses now scarcely rising above ground, amongwhich it is easy to follow the lines of the oldstreets. At the highest point stands the church,which is still used for service. It is preceded by asquare courtyard surrounded by a low wall, and MUGGIA VECCHIA. fc d . -II BNei-ISH FHET. Ficr. 120. corresponding in position with the atrium of theancient basilicas. A narthex or open porch ex-tends across the front with a modest campanile atthe left hand. The church (vid. plan. Fig. 120) con-sists of a nave and aisles, the nave ending with anapse, which however does not project beyond the lineof the aisles, but is included within the rectangularplan of the outer walls. The nave and aisles are Ch. XXXIII.] MtLggia Vecchia. ZTS divided by plain piers of masonry instead of columns,the arches are semicircular, and the structure is
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