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'The church is built entirely of stone; no wood and no brick enter into its structure.
Its roof is solid stone, roof and ceiling being all one piece, as in Roslin Chapel near Edinburgh. Both outside and in, we find Renaissance struggling with Gothic, as in the cathedral at Como; but here they result in a happy fusion: the windows and doors are pointed, but the general effect of the exterior is to recall the church of the Miracoli or the façade of S. Zaccaria at Venice. The architect has allowed himself full play for his fancy, and round the apse runs a string course of human heads, many of them looking like portraits.'
Dalmatia, page 67
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