Cities of the World: Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect, Volume 3Edwin Hodder Cassell & Company, 1886 |
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... steps , we reach the Chapel of St. Helena , on the site of the Basilica of Constantine , its massive substructions dating from the seventh century , its pointed vaulting from the time of the Crusades . The chapel is the property of the ...
... steps , we reach the Chapel of St. Helena , on the site of the Basilica of Constantine , its massive substructions dating from the seventh century , its pointed vaulting from the time of the Crusades . The chapel is the property of the ...
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... steps cut in it , which lead you to the top . Ascend these , and you stand on a square stone platform , with a bench of stone surrounding it on three sides . You are on the top of Mars ' Hill , the Areopagus ; you have ascended the steps ...
... steps cut in it , which lead you to the top . Ascend these , and you stand on a square stone platform , with a bench of stone surrounding it on three sides . You are on the top of Mars ' Hill , the Areopagus ; you have ascended the steps ...
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... steps , during the absence of Peter the Great from Russia , came the rebel Streltzi to hew Matveyef limb from limb before the eyes of the Czar's mother . By these stairs , in 1812 , Napoleon Bonaparte left the Kremlin , baffled and ...
... steps , during the absence of Peter the Great from Russia , came the rebel Streltzi to hew Matveyef limb from limb before the eyes of the Czar's mother . By these stairs , in 1812 , Napoleon Bonaparte left the Kremlin , baffled and ...
Contents
JERUSALEM | 1 |
BRUSSELS AND THE CITIES OF BELGIUM | 33 |
The Ancient Navigators The Swedish ColonyWilliam Penn the Founder of the CityThe Dreary Morning | 92 |
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