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Old Calabria: (Norman Douglas Classics Collection)
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9781508700678
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9781508700678
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Old Calabria: (Norman Douglas Classics Collection)
$18.37
One or two relics from this castle are preserved in the small municipal museum, founded about five years ago. Here are also a respectable collection of coins, a few prehistoric flints from Gargano, some quaint early bronze figurines and mutilated busts of Roman celebrities carved in marble or the recalcitrant local limestone. A dignified old lion--one of a pair (the other was stolen) that adorned the tomb of Aurelius, prastor of the Roman Colony of Luceria--has sought a refuge here, as well as many inscriptions, lamps, vases, and a miscellaneous collection of modern rubbish. A plaster cast of a Mussulman funereal stone, found near Foggia, will attract your eye; contrasted with the fulsome epitaphs of contemporary Christianity, it breathes a spirit of noble resignation: -
| Author: Norman Douglas |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Mar 02, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 422 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1508700672 |
| ISBN-13: 9781508700678 |
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