A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . ern provinces, and also theAustro-Hungarian dominions, we shall findthat it is inhabited by people of such vari-ous races, languages, manners, and religionsthat we might reasonably expect great con-trasts in architecture; but if we except theItalian provinces of Istria and South Tyrol,this is by no means the case. Of course, hereand there foreign ideas, local influences, differ-ence of material, and personal individuality ofdesigners exhibit certain modifications; but, asa rule, whatever is borrowed from wi
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . ern provinces, and also theAustro-Hungarian dominions, we shall findthat it is inhabited by people of such vari-ous races, languages, manners, and religionsthat we might reasonably expect great con-trasts in architecture; but if we except theItalian provinces of Istria and South Tyrol,this is by no means the case. Of course, hereand there foreign ideas, local influences, differ-ence of material, and personal individuality ofdesigners exhibit certain modifications; but, asa rule, whatever is borrowed from without ororiginates within is welded into an immistak-able German form. 193 GERMANY The early inhabitants appear to have com-menced their architectural operations by scoop-ing out caves in the rocks or hillsides ; but it isvery difficult in these works to distinguish be-tween what has been done liy nature and whatby man in an uncivilized condition. The great cave at Ettershauseu, near Ratis-bon, is undoubtedly a natural object, but eon-verted into a primitive stronghold ; high up, in.
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