 | John Philippart - 1813 - 362 Seiten
...undertaking. Had the work been completed, it would have exceeded in costliness, magnificence, and beauty, the temple of Solomon, the Propylaeum of Amasis, the Villa of Adrian, or the Forum of Trajan. There is nothing in Europe like the various exhibitions presented to the eye in this extraordinary... | |
 | 1834 - 440 Seiten
...magnificent apartments. Had the work been completed, no edifice could ever have been compared with it. It would have surpassed the Temple of Solomon,...Propylaeum of Amasis, the Villa of Adrian, or the Forum of Trajan. LIBRARIES. But what strange arts, what magic can dispose The troubled mind to change its native... | |
 | Timothy J. Colton - 1995 - 968 Seiten
...Catherine to shift her residence back there. An English traveler, Edwarde Clarke, believed that the palace "would have surpassed the Temple of Solomon, the Propylaeum of Amasis, the Villa of Adrian, or the Forum of Trajan." Quoted in Schmidt, Architecture and Planning, p. 40. 21. See especially the beautifully illustrated... | |
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... finished in the most beautiful manner, even to the fresco painting on the ceilings of the rooms, and the colouring of the various marble columns intended to decorate the interior. It encloses a theatre, and magnificent apartments. Had the work been... 