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100 100 SCANDINAVIAN ARCHITECTURE. Pakt II. Bonneuil, to furnisli them with a design, and to superintend its erection. This lie did till his death, though how far the work was advanced at that time there is now no means of knowing. The church is onlv 330 ft. in extreme length by 145 in width, with two western towers and the principal portal between them. The whole is of brick, except the doorways and some smaller ornamental details. The building was in progress during 200 years, and after Bonneuil's death the French jn-inciples of detail were departed from ; and, in addition to this, the upper parts of the western towers were 542. Apse of Lund Cathedral. (From Mariyat, '•One Year in Sweden.") rebuilt during the last century, and other disfigurements have taken place, so that the building would hardly be deemed worthy of a visit farther south, and is only remarkable here from the meanness of its rivals. The church at Lidkoping (1260-1500) ranks next in importance to that of Upsala. It has, however, no western towers or other ornaments externally, and internally is arranged without that knowledge of architectural effect which alone could render it interesting. _ The cathedral at Lund is both older and better than either of