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A poet who prospered despite Rome’s bloody civil wars

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Clive Aslet pays tribute to Léon Krier, the visionary architect who eschewed modish modernism to champion traditional, walkable neighbourhoods — and was chosen by King Charles to mastermind the Duchy of Cornwall’s model village, Poundbury

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