ABSTRACT
It is true that Gothic Architecture, or at least that which is termed ‘modern’ Gothic, has been long practised in Italy and we should not be surprised by this. The different populations had become accustomed over several centuries to this style of building, which created apparently light, delicate edifices of a design so daring as to astonish. Among the considerable number of great Churches built in this style in various places in Europe, there are older examples that lack neither solidity nor beauty. Some are to be seen that have been preserved down to our day as intact as if they had just been built, and those same churches are often admired by the most skilful architects, not only for their goodly construction, but also for their general design.
