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admirable amphitheatre ancient antique apse Arabs arcades architects architecture architrave Arena of Nîmes basilica bassi-rilievi beautiful bronze building built Byzantine capitals carved Cathedral century chapel Château choir church circular colonnades columns constructed Corinthian Corinthian order cornice court covered crown cupola decorated diameter dolmens dome Doric Doric order edifice elegant enormous entablature exterior façade feet high feet long feet wide figures flanked four France frieze front galleries gates Gothic Greek hall height interior kings Louvre magnificent marvellous ments monuments mosque nave Nîmes orna ornamented palace Paris Parthenon pediments Persians pierced pilasters pillars placed Pont du Gard portal porticoes present preserved proportions pyramid raised remains rich rises Roman Romanesque Rome roof ruins sanctuary sculptured seen Sophia specimens spire square stone storeys structure style summit supported surmounted surrounded sustained temple tion tombs towers town traced Trajan's Trajan's Column transept tumulus vast vault walls white marble WONDERS