CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS XI INTRODUCTION I The Architect's Dream THE PARTHENON, ATHENS If In Which a Virgin is Ruined THE BASILICA OF SAN MARCO, VENICE 43 In Which a Prince Steals Four Horses and an Empire AYASOFYA, ISTANBUL 69 In Which a Sultan Casts a Spell and Moves the Centre of the World THE SANTA CASA OF LORETO 93 The Wondrous Flitting of the Holy House GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL 727 In Which a Dead Body Brings a Building to Life THE ALHAMBRA, GRANADA143 In Which Two Cousins Marry One Another THE TEMPIO MALATESTIANO, RIMINI 169 In Which a Scholar Translates a Temple SANS SOUCI, POTSDAM Iff In Which Nothing Happens at All NOTRE DAME DE PARIS 219 In Which the Temple of Reason is Restored THE HULME CRESCENTS, MANCHESTER 243 In Which the Prophecies of the Future are Fulfilled THE BERLIN WALL 271 In Which History Comes to an End THE VENETIAN, LAS VEGAS 297 In Which History is So, Like, Over THE WESTERN WALL, JERUSALEM 323 In Which Nothing, and Everything, Has Changed NOTES 353 BIBLIOGRAPHY 369 ILLUSTRATION CREDITS379 INDEX381