Croesi domus, quam Sardiani civibus ad requiescendum aetatis otio seniorum collegio gerusiam dedicaverunt; item Halicarnasso potentissimi regis Mausoli domus, cum Proconnensio marmore omnia haberet ornata, parietes habet latere structos, qui ad hoc tempus egregiam praestant firmitatem ita tectoriis operibus expoliti, uti vitri perluciditatem videantur habere.
There is the palace of Croesus, which the people of Sardis dedicated to their fellow-citizens for repose in the leisure of their age, as an Almshouse for the College of the Elders. At Halicarnassus also, although the palace of the mighty king Mausolus had all parts finished with Proconnesian marble, it has walls built of brick. And these to this day maintain a striking firmness, being so finished with plaster work that they seem to have the translucency of glass.
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