. Wayfaring in France, from Auvergne to the Bay of Biscay. is that whichbelongs to a model : its venerable character, withall the associations of the past, is gone. Whetherthose responsible for the complete demolition ofthe ancient structure when it threatened to fall andbecome a heap of ruins were right or wrong in theirdecision is a technical question on which very fewpersons are now competent to give an plan of the church is a Greek cross, and, likeSt. Marks and St. Sophias, it has five domes ; butthe building has, nevertheless, a feature of its ownwhich makes it one of the most
. Wayfaring in France, from Auvergne to the Bay of Biscay. is that whichbelongs to a model : its venerable character, withall the associations of the past, is gone. Whetherthose responsible for the complete demolition ofthe ancient structure when it threatened to fall andbecome a heap of ruins were right or wrong in theirdecision is a technical question on which very fewpersons are now competent to give an plan of the church is a Greek cross, and, likeSt. Marks and St. Sophias, it has five domes ; butthe building has, nevertheless, a feature of its ownwhich makes it one of the most original of possesses a Byzantine tower. In common with many towns of Southern France,Peri^ueux shows remarkable vestiges of differentraces and dominations. Remnants of Roman or GALLO-ROMAN RUINS 303 Gallo-Roman architecture stand with others thatbelong to the dawn of mediaeval art, and others,again, that are marked by the florid and gracefulfancy of the Renaissance. The ruins of the amphi-theatre are insignificant compared to those at Nimes. The Tour de Vesone. and Aries, and there is no beautiful example ofRoman art like the Maison Carree at Nimes ; butthere is an exceedingly curious monument of anti-quity, which was long a puzzle to archaeologists, butwhich is now generally believed to be the cella ofa Gallo-Roman temple dedicated to the citys tute- 304 IN THE VALLEY OF THE ISLE lary divinities. It is called the Tour de Vesone,and, indeed, it was supposed for centuries to havebeen originally a tower. Its cylindrical shape andits height (ninety feet) give it all the appearance ofone. It is built of rubble, faced inside and out withsmall well-shaped stones, and has chains of brickin the upper part. The circle of the tower is nolonger complete, for about a fourth of the wall hasbeen broken down from top to bottom. Theground is strewn with fragments of immensecolumns and entire capitals, some Corinthian, othersTuscan. These, doubtless, were parts of the peri-style,
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