Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries. ✨ Vi…

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Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries. ✨ Victor Hugo (2004). The Essential Victor Hugo, p.63, Oxford University Press, UK
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Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries. ✨ Victor Hugo (2004). The Essential Victor Hugo, p.63, Oxford University Press, UK

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