DOI Seite / Zitierlink:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.1082#0170
POMPEIANA. 1^3
WALLS.
The walls of Pompeii are, perhaps,
the only part of the city at all calculated
to resist that rapid decay, which seems to
hasten the disappearance of every other
remain within their circuit. They are
built with a receding face, of large stones,
sometimes four to five feet long, laid in
horizontal beds; the joints between the
WALLS.
The walls of Pompeii are, perhaps,
the only part of the city at all calculated
to resist that rapid decay, which seems to
hasten the disappearance of every other
remain within their circuit. They are
built with a receding face, of large stones,
sometimes four to five feet long, laid in
horizontal beds; the joints between the