Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . panile (Plate TheCXXI 11), which dates from the end of the nth century, ^^p^-It is built mainly of the lava of the district, and isremarkable for its extreme diminution as it rises storeyby storey. This is managed by four interior pillarswhich rise through all the stages till they take thereduced structure of the upper part, so that it has nofalse bearing. These pillars are steadied by being unitedto the outer walls with arches and vaults forming galleriesround the interior of the tower. It has in the upper partthe same steeply pedimented windows which o
Byzantine and Romanesque architecture . panile (Plate TheCXXI 11), which dates from the end of the nth century, ^^p^-It is built mainly of the lava of the district, and isremarkable for its extreme diminution as it rises storeyby storey. This is managed by four interior pillarswhich rise through all the stages till they take thereduced structure of the upper part, so that it has nofalse bearing. These pillars are steadied by being unitedto the outer walls with arches and vaults forming galleriesround the interior of the tower. It has in the upper partthe same steeply pedimented windows which occur inthe steeple of Brantome near Perigueux, and those of 142 FRANCE—AUVERGNE [ch. xxiii S. Leonard and S. Junien in Aquitaine, and which arefound also in the steeple of Vendome and the old steepleat Chartres, farther north. Lower down in the tower arewindows with the horse-shoe trefoil heads which occur atNotre Dame du Port, Issoire, and the other Auvergnatchurches, and are to be seen farther east at Vienne andValence in m /umil . ? d. ?Jy.
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