. The builders of Florence . its own, thusbecoming an antiporta or outlying defence of the city itself. AsFlorence grew from age to age, circle beyond circle, each newenceinte rose on a line many points in which had been alreadydetermined by the external defensible limits of these Borgki,that stretched into the country from each gate in the olderwalls. Within the city, the tower group arranged itself , we must remember, had been originally laid out on thelines of a Roman Two main roads, then, divided the groundinto somewhat unequal quarters, which, in their turn, wer
. The builders of Florence . its own, thusbecoming an antiporta or outlying defence of the city itself. AsFlorence grew from age to age, circle beyond circle, each newenceinte rose on a line many points in which had been alreadydetermined by the external defensible limits of these Borgki,that stretched into the country from each gate in the olderwalls. Within the city, the tower group arranged itself , we must remember, had been originally laid out on thelines of a Roman Two main roads, then, divided the groundinto somewhat unequal quarters, which, in their turn, were brokenup into rectangular building plots by the lines of the lesser the reoccupation of the city under the Lombards, these insula;were appropriated by families and clans, who naturally chose tolive in neighbourhood, and so built their towers side by side aboutthe common ground. Thus on each insula rose a dado of towers,the homes of relations and partisans. Here, however, it was the 1 See, however, note to p. t l<< mm
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