Word: duomo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...foot age of St. Peter's at Rome is 227, -069; of the Mesquita at Cordova 232,250, less about one-third for courtyard and cloisters; of Santa Maria de la Sede at Seville 128,570 of St. John the Divine at New York 109,082; of the Duomo at Milan 107,-000. The Mesquita, many pillared was at one time a mosque, the largest sacred building of the Mohammedans, after their Kaaba at Mecca When in the 16th Century the Mesquita, with many alterations, was transformed to a Roman Catholic cathedral, Emperor Charles V (1500-58) exclaimed...
...steel spring strained to the limit. The very extensive landscape which is dominated by the winding river, represents a view of the Arno valley closed in by high mountains. The city in the middle distance is evidently meant to represent Florence, and some of the characteristic buildings, like the Duomo and the Campanile, are perfectly distinguishable. The landscape has a drark brownish tone, in which the river appears as a light winding path. The sky is light bluish green...