When you have arrived at Phyllis. you rejoice in observing all the bridges over the canals. each different from the others: cambered. covered. on pillars. on barges. suspended, with tracery balustrades. And what a variety of windows looks down on the streets: mullioned. Moorish, lancet. pointed. surmounted by lunettes or stained-glass roses; how many kinds of pavement cover the ground: cobbles. slabs, gravel. blue and white tiles.
From Invisible Cities
Italo Calvino
