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FOURTH LANDING OF GRAND STAIRCASE

To fifth
Flight.

Mr. Christian Doll's revised elevation of the Grand Staircase is repro-
duced in Plan D at the end of this Volume : : according to this the third and
fourth flights were at a slightly less incline and, therefore, somewhat lower

Fig. 195. Fourth Landing of Grand Staircase as reconstituted : the Two Side-
blocks of Fifth Flight raised to their Original Position. Beyond is the Parapet of
Upper Loggia, restored.

than the first two. The structure itself—which as actually reconstituted, con-
forms with the two lower flights—has been carried up to the fourth landing and
the starting-point of a fifth flight, leading to the terrace level of the roof. The
side blocks that supported the piers of the landing above have been raised
again to their relative position, and two steps of the fifth flight which
have left their marks on the left-hand block have been here restored in
cement, together with part of the adjoining balustrade above the loggia with
the 'Shield Fresco' (Fig. 195).

Of the fourth flight, immediately below these remains, we have not only
1 See, too, below, p. 482.