. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . been de-signed as niches to hold statues. The exactitude of Blon-dels elevations was finally proved in 1903 by the admirableinsight of the present architect of the Louvre, Monsieur , who was led to undertake the excavations whichbrought to light a section of Perraults decorated basement,by noticing that the windows of the ground floor evidentlyimplied a lower order beneath. This basement, seven anda half metres in depth, now buried, was in Perraults schemedesigned to be exposed by a fosse of some fifte
. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . been de-signed as niches to hold statues. The exactitude of Blon-dels elevations was finally proved in 1903 by the admirableinsight of the present architect of the Louvre, Monsieur , who was led to undertake the excavations whichbrought to light a section of Perraults decorated basement,by noticing that the windows of the ground floor evidentlyimplied a lower order beneath. This basement, seven anda half metres in depth, now buried, was in Perraults schemedesigned to be exposed by a fosse of some fifteen to twentymetres in width, and the whole elevation and symmetry ofthe wing would have immensely gained by the carrying outof his plans. The construction, begun in 1665 was, however, inter-rupted in 1676, owing to the kings abandonment of strenuously protested against the neglect of the * Levaus south fa9ade was not completely hidden by Perraults screen,for the roofs of the end and central pavilions emerged from behind it untilthey were destroyed by Gabriel in
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