Contra autem sub inpetu solis meridianis regionibus, quod premuntur a calore, patentiora conversaque ad septentrionem et aquilonem sunt faciunda.
On the other hand, where the sun is violent in the southern regions because they are oppressed by the heat, buildings should be open to the air with a northern, or north-eastern, aspect.
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