| Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1819 - 590 lehte
...the Silla. The churches of la Trinidad and Alta Gracia, which were more than ojie hundred and fifty feet high, and the naves of which were supported by...scarcely exceeding five or six feet in elevation. The IS sinking of the ruins has been so considerable, that there now scarcely remain any vestiges of pillars... | |
| Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - 1819 - 602 lehte
...churches of la Trinidad and Alta Gracia, which were more than one hundred and fifty feet high, ai\i the naves of which were supported by pillars of twelve or fifteen feet diameter, left a mass of ruins scai'cely exceeding five or six feet in elevation. The sinking of the ruins has been so considerable,... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1821 - 448 lehte
...nearest the mountain of Avila, and the Silla. The churches of la Trinidad and Alta Gracia, which were more than 150 feet high, and the naves of which were supported by pillars of twelve or fifteen feet diamec3 ter, left a mass of ruins scarcely exceeding five or six feet in elevation. The sinking of... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 290 lehte
...than 150 feet high, and whose naves were supported by columns of twelve or fifteen feet diameter, yet left a mass of ruins scarcely exceeding five or six feet in elevation. So wonderfully, indeed, have they sunk, that there now hardly remain any vestiges of pillars. The barracks,... | |
| John Galt - 1824 - 470 lehte
...the Silla. The churches of La Trinidad, and Alta Gracia, which were more than one hundred and fifty feet high, and the naves of which were supported by...of the ruins has been so considerable, that there BOW scarcely remain any vestiges of pillars or columns. The barracks, called El Quartet de San Carlos,... | |
| 1825 - 482 lehte
...Silla. The churches of La Trinidad and Alta Gracia, which were more than one hundred and fifty feet in diameter, left a mass of ruins scarcely exceeding...any vestiges of pillars or columns. The barracks, tailed attack the city of San-Carlos, defended by the independent general Carabano who made some resistance,... | |
| Josiah Conder - 1830 - 360 lehte
...nearest the mountain of Avila and the Silla. The churches of La Trinidad and Alta Gracia, which were more than 150 feet high, and the naves of which were supported by pillars of twelve or fifteen feet in diameter, left a mass of ruins scarcely exceeding five or six feet in elevation. The sinking of... | |
| Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - 1891 - 558 lehte
...churches. The churches of La Trinidad and Alta (iracia, which were more than one hundred and fifty feet high and the naves of which were supported by pillars of twelve or fifteen feet in diameter, left a mass of ruins scarcely five or six feet in elevation. The whole of the earthquakes,... | |
| Wilhelm Wittich - 1845 - 432 lehte
...the Silla. The churches of La Trinidad and of Alta Gracia, which were more than a hundred and fifty feet high, and the naves of which were supported by...scarcely exceeding five or six feet in elevation. It was evident that the site of these buildings had sunk, and this sinking had been so considerable... | |
| Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1848 - 646 lehte
...nearest the mountain of Avila and the Silla. The churches of La Trinidad and AKa Gracia, which were more than 150 feet high, and the naves of which were supported by pillars of twelve or fifteen feet in diameter, left a mass of ruins scarcely exceeding five or six feet in elevation. The sinking of... | |
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