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Travels in Italy, Greece, and the Ionian Islands (1); In a Series of Letters, Descriptive of Manners, Scenery, and the Fine Arts |  | Author: Hugh William Williams
Publisher: General Books LLC
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Pages: 204
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ISBN: 1150250550
EAN: 9781150250552
ASIN: 1150250550
Publication Date: December 21, 2009
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Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1820 Original Publisher: A. Constable and co.;[etc.,etc.,] Subjects: Italy Greece Ionian Islands (Greece) Ionian Islands History / Ancient / Greece History / Europe / Italy History / Europe / Greece Travel / Europe / Greece Travel / Europe / Italy Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LETTER II. Ghent. -- Church of Saint Brevon -- Scenery. -- Alost Brussels. -- Cathedral. -- Peter the Great. -- High Mass. Brussels, July 1816. The country through which we travelled from Bruges to Ghent was rich in various crops, some of which were already cut down ; barley and rye seemed to prevail. The roads were excellent, paved in the middle, but by no means rough. Ghent is a town of considerable extent, and of great beauty. The canals which intersect it, covered with boats and barges, afford the finest subjects for the pencil. Vangoen, or Vanderneer, could have been at no loss in choosing from such variety. The cathedral and churches are very fine, especially the church of Saint Brevon, which, it, is said, is the oldest cathedral church in the world. The Crypt was the original place of worship, and is full of rotten pictures and mouldering saints. The present cathedral, which is very ancient, was built on the foundations of the old, and the crypt, which I have mentioned, is preserved in its primitive state. In the church, there are some specimens of the early school of sculpture, in very bad taste, frittered into small parts, and GHENT -- ALOST. 11 devoid of all resemblance to nature. The pictures, in general, are by masters of no celebrity or talent, and excite disgust rather than pleasure. As for the wax dolls, I did not look at the...
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