Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . e Rhine, from Cologne toMayence, but above and below is a stilllarger and no less interesting country, whichhas been comparatively neglected. Not all the interest of the Rhine lies inits castled crags or its vine-clad slopes, andnot all the history of the middle ages ema-nated from feudal strongholds. The Churchhere, as in France, played its part and playedit gloriously. In this discussion of the Rhine churchesfrom Constance to Leyden, the reader willbe taken on what might, with considerablelicense, be called an ** architectural tour of Apologia the Rhine
Cathedrals and churches of the Rhine . e Rhine, from Cologne toMayence, but above and below is a stilllarger and no less interesting country, whichhas been comparatively neglected. Not all the interest of the Rhine lies inits castled crags or its vine-clad slopes, andnot all the history of the middle ages ema-nated from feudal strongholds. The Churchhere, as in France, played its part and playedit gloriously. In this discussion of the Rhine churchesfrom Constance to Leyden, the reader willbe taken on what might, with considerablelicense, be called an ** architectural tour of Apologia the Rhine, and will be allowed to ramblealong the banks of the river, looking in andout of the various religious edifices withwhich its cities and towns are crowded. The valley of the Rhine is no undiscov-ered land, but it served the purpose of theauthor and the artist well, for it presentsmuch variety of architectural form, and anabounding and appealing interest by reasonof the shadows of the past still lingering overthese monuments in sW7 -1 v^ Wl_ Vfit^^^*^ fSZ AHTWiaptJ^ - ?JiXouvanrv 7^ Miade ^ oftSe
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