| John Purdy - 1826 - 402 pages
...vine-yards, and has at its base a copious fountain. The town of Santa Maura is commanded by a mountain, from the summit of which a fine view is obtained of the island, the fort, Albania, and the Ionian Sea. Near it is a small convent. The shoals along shore are... | |
| CAPTAIN C. ROCHFORT SCOTT - 1838 - 708 pages
...from north to south, and 416 from east to west. From the north wall of the court rises the campanula, or belfry, from the summit of which a fine view is...court. This gate faces the principal entrance into the Mesquita. The cathedral is rich in silks, jewels, candlesticks, and brocades ; and the altar of the... | |
| 1868 - 538 pages
...Pampanga. It occupies a beautiful and healthy site on the S. slope of a volcanic mountain of same name, from the summit of which a fine view is obtained of the town and shipping of Manilla. The spacious lake of Buracan, in the vicinity, abounds with fish. Pop.... | |
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