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[picture: Front Cover]

Images from Turrets Towers and Temples – The Great Buildings of the World, as Seen and Described by Famous Writers edited and translated by Esther Singleton.

The book was published before 1922 in the USA and is out of copyright.

Title: Turrets Towers and Temples

Author: Singleton, Esther

Published by: Dodd, Mead & Co.

City: New York

Date: 1899

Total items: 8

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: The Alhambra]

The Alhambra

“When you issue from these dark passages into this large space flooded with light, the effect is similar to that produced by a diorama. You can almost fancy that an enchanter’s wand has transported you to the Orient of four or five centuries ago. Time, which changes everything [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: St. Mark's.]

St. Mark’s.

St Mark’s Cathedral, Venice, Italy. [$]

[picture: Front Cover]

Front Cover

The front cover is green with gold foil. [$]

[picture: Mosque of Cordova]

Mosque of Cordova

The interior of the great Mosque of Cordova, the La Mezquita. Abd al-Rahman I began construction in A.D. 785 (give or take a year). The stones are actually red and white. The building was [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Windsor Castle]

Windsor Castle

This shot really brings out the size of the castle, the largest occupied castle in the world and still today a royal palace. [$]


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Images from Turrets Towers and Temples – The Great Buildings of the World, as Seen and Described by Famous Writers edited and translated by Esther Singleton.

The book was published before 1922 in the USA and is out of copyright.


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