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As a general rule, all the churhes in the South of Italy are small.

This one at Troja is arranged in plan like that at Pisa, with bold projecting transepts, but its length is only 167 ft., and the width of its nave 50, while in the northern cathedral these dimensions are nearly double, 310 ft. by 106, and the area four times as great. This is true of all, however elegant they may be — they are parish churches in dimensions as compared with their Northern rivals.

Many also, as the cathedral at Bari (Woodcut No. 803), have their apses internal, which detracts very much from the meaning of the design, and does away with the apsidal terminations, which are perhaps the most beautiful features