... its original architectural character and communicates its original message. Other design elements of the Aedificium also speak this same language of defense. The four towers, which remind Adso of the two Italian castles, are structural commonplaces, although instead of being heptagonal as the Aedificium's are, they are usually round. (Eco ... degree of accuracy in corroborating the event of this magnificent work with actual history. A wonderful aspect of Leo Africanus is the pitfalls it avoided. Amin Maalouf did not attempt to paint a picture that support a certain vision of history or a...

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