Italy at war and the allies in the west . eg o —o 6C=. THE WAY TO THE WAR 21 porary walls of masonry. It was found, how-ever, that this plan was not feasible, as the en-gineers reported that the piles on which theancient building is poised would submerge ifsubjected to such an additional weight. Allthat they have been able to do, therefore, is toshore up the arches of the loggia with beams,fill up the windows with brick and plaster, andpray to the patron saint of Venice to save thecitys most exquisite structure. The gilded figure of an angel, which for somany centuries has looked down on Venic
Italy at war and the allies in the west . eg o —o 6C=. THE WAY TO THE WAR 21 porary walls of masonry. It was found, how-ever, that this plan was not feasible, as the en-gineers reported that the piles on which theancient building is poised would submerge ifsubjected to such an additional weight. Allthat they have been able to do, therefore, is toshore up the arches of the loggia with beams,fill up the windows with brick and plaster, andpray to the patron saint of Venice to save thecitys most exquisite structure. The gilded figure of an angel, which for somany centuries has looked down on Venicefrom the summit of the Campanile, has beengiven a dress of battleship gray that it maynot serve as a landmark for the Austrian avi-ators. Over the celebrated equestrian statueof Colleoni—of which Ruskin said: I do notbelieve there is a more glorious work of sculp-ture existing in the world—has been erecteda titanic armored sentry-box, which is covered,in turn, with layer upon layer of the spirit of that great soldier of for-tune
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