394 The Island of Mezzo. [Ch. xxi. lightning and abandoned in 1862, the convent itself had been deserted previously, and both now stand open to the winds, and are falling into ruin. The buildings seem to be all of the later part of the fifteenth century, including the belfry (Fig. 72), which,… … drons for caulking their boats. We regained the beach through the neglected convent garden. The Franciscan convent of S. Maria di Spilitza ( = Ital. Spelonchetta) stands on a low cliff at the other end of the town. Here, too, the con- vent is deserted and falling rapidly into ruin, but the church…
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