. The earth and its inhabitants .. . this " renovation " is often much more frequent, and there are districts in which one-fourth of the houses have been consumed in a single year. In the towns the only stone buildings arc the Government ofhces, tlie pabices of the nobles, and the churches, nearly all built on a uniform plan, iifu;r tlie regulation type of the 8t. Petersburg authorities. These structures lay no cliiim to art, whose life is freodoin, and which perishes in the atmosphere of traditional Kyinb(dism. In the churches art is replaced by a lavish display of gold, , en
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . this " renovation " is often much more frequent, and there are districts in which one-fourth of the houses have been consumed in a single year. In the towns the only stone buildings arc the Government ofhces, tlie pabices of the nobles, and the churches, nearly all built on a uniform plan, iifu;r tlie regulation type of the 8t. Petersburg authorities. These structures lay no cliiim to art, whose life is freodoin, and which perishes in the atmosphere of traditional Kyinb(dism. In the churches art is replaced by a lavish display of gold, , enamels, and precious stones.
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