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| The North View of the Grand Commandery Dela Pays. from a. to b. 270 feet. Image size: 30.2 x 19.3 cms. "........My next excursion was to see the ruins of a very magnificent structure, called Dela-Pays; it is said to have been a monastery, but no circumstance that I have seen gives me reason to be of that opinion. I rather suppose it to have been the grand commanderie of the island, for it is built the palatial style of those days; and its Italian name, Della - Paese, though a little corrupted, seems to confirm my conjecture. I could find nothing to resemble the cells of the monks; the apartments are all a little more knightly......... over the gate of the refectory are three coats on a marble architrave; that of Jerusalem in the center, Jerusalem and Cyprus quartered on the dexter, and Cyprus on the finister........." |