

ANCIENT DOORWAY TO SAN MICHELE, AT PAVIA 



Among the most highly prized details of Pavia's old Lombard home of worship are its 

 heavily carved portals, deep and massive sandstone arcades, surfaced everywhere with fanci- 

 ful reliefs. Here the builders allowed themselves a rich profusion in line and ornament. 

 Otherwise the exterior of San Michele is Puritan in its unimaginative simplicity. 



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