Sooner or later this happens to every dedicated tourist: he ventures beyond the guidebook itinerary and discovers that the workday surrounding world reminds him of the art-historical world of the gallery; he looks out of the train window and discovers to his surprise that the countryside shares many of the traits of the city – the parish church, the layout of the fields, the glare of the sun in a village street are recognizable variations on their city counterparts; city and country belong together in a unique landscape, and this newly discovered entity seems far older, far more venerable than the oldest monument.The Necessity For Ruins and other Topics, by J.B. Jackson p. 9
