Byways in southern Tuscany . BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY and the stump of a column protrudes obliquely from arough restoration at the base of the building. The tenth century cathedral, whose architecture indi-cates the progress from Longobard to Gothic, stands uponwhat must once have been a piazza of its own; the lastbuilding within the walls, but turns its back squarelyupon Sovana in order to orient itself correctly. It hasbecome a curious huddle of walls. From its low roof atower rises a few feet, beginning as a rectangle and devel-. SOVANA. PoRlAL OF THE CaTHEDRAL BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY
Byways in southern Tuscany . BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY and the stump of a column protrudes obliquely from arough restoration at the base of the building. The tenth century cathedral, whose architecture indi-cates the progress from Longobard to Gothic, stands uponwhat must once have been a piazza of its own; the lastbuilding within the walls, but turns its back squarelyupon Sovana in order to orient itself correctly. It hasbecome a curious huddle of walls. From its low roof atower rises a few feet, beginning as a rectangle and devel-. SOVANA. PoRlAL OF THE CaTHEDRAL BYWAYS IN SOUTHERN TUSCANY oping into an octagon. The exterior of the apse with itsGothic window has disappeared behind an addition usedas a sacristy. The fa9ade has been destroyed and themain portal is upon the left side of the building. Thisdisplays a captivating collection of fragments assembledwith no regard to relationship. On either side, at the baseof the pilasters, is carved a doughty warrior riding a steedso abridged as to his back that there is barely room for thesaddle. Within, the church is spacious, but dirty and neglected,the walls thickly coated with limewash which has droppedaway here and there and shows the tufa constructionunderneath. The clustered pillars bear capitals in greatvariety of design, some foliated, some with Roman ox-heads, others with primitive symbolic combinations ofmen and animals; in one Adam and Eve grotesquelyfigure. Saint Mamiliano is honored here by a fourteenthcentury monument. His effigy upon the lid of his sar-
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