Sight-seeing in Germany and the Tyrol in the autumn of 1855
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Autor:
Forbes, John / by sir John Forbes
Ort:
London
Verlag:
Smith, Felder and Co.
Umfang:
XIX, 378 S. : Ill., Kt.
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort:
g.Deutschland ; f.Reisebericht 1855<br />g.Österreich ; f.Reisebericht 1855<br />g.Tirol ; f.Reisebericht 1855
Signatur:
II A-23.768
Intern-ID:
152665
atte by its Inige projeeting piers, and by tbe row of statues whicli line its sides. It was first erected in tbe year 1476, but was enlarged and altered to its present form in 1607. The statues are twelve in mimher, six on eaeli side, tbat is, one on each pier. They are of colossal size, and all represent, I tliiiik, religions persona ges, some wcaring tbe bishop's mitre, This arrangement of statues on bridges, as formerly remarked of tlie bridges of Prag, and of Berlin, bas a very fine effect