La arquitectura de las diversidades territoriales de Urabá

Excerpt from Descripcion Artistica de la Catedral de Sevilla Formar la descripcion ar listica de un templo no es hacer il Cécerone, que rela ta de corrida todo lo que en él se contiene¿ con mil elo gios exagerados de los pro fesores que lo han trabaja do. Tampoco es cosa tan fá cil como piensan los que no saben ver en las belias artes, ni de tan poca impor tancia como juzgan los que las miran con desde_n, supo niendoías de ningun interes ni infiuxo en la república. Al contrario es asunto serio y difícil, que requiere cier tos conocimientos, por des gracia exoticos entre noso tros...

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