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- ↑ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/295109943_Architecture_beyond_borders_Alessandro_Gherardesca_1777-1852
- ↑ Melis, Alessandro; Gatley, Julia (2018-01-01). Couperus, Stefan (ed.). "A romantic in Tuscany: Alessandro Gherardesca and the transformation of Pisa's Piazza del Duomo" (PDF). Cogent Social Sciences. 4 (1): 1487256. doi: 10.1080/23311886.2018.1487256 .
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