Rambles in sunny Spain (1889) (14593237009)

Identifier: ramblesinsunnysp00ober (find matches)
Title: Rambles in sunny Spain
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Ober, Frederick A(lbion), 1849- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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tion, in his opinion, lies in the factthat most of the women and the children are non-consumers. Thiswhimsical opinion may have a little weight, and we give it for what itis worth. But the Alhambra ? Yes, patience yet a little ; we will now visitit. The rivers Darro and Xenil are divided by a great hill calledCerro del Sol (ox Hill of the Sun), and on the plateau where this hilloverlooks Granada the Alhambra is built. A space of several acresis enclosed by a broken line of fortifications composed of walls andhigh towers. On the Xenil side rises the oldest towers of them all, 2SO RAMBLES IN SUNNY SPAIN. the Torres Vermejas (or Vermilion Towers), said to be of Roman,perhaps even of Phoenician foundation. Opposite these towers, onanother spur of the hill, is the Terre de la Vela, with strong fortifi-cations, where the Christian banner of the Spanish conquerors wasfirst displayed after the conquest in January, 1492. Here also isthe Moorish bell which tolls throughout the nights during the
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GATE OF JUSTICE, ALHAMRRA. seasons of cultivation, resailatinp- the irri^atin^ of the Vesfa in somemysterious way that we could not understand. Just below it is theTower of Justice, erected in the year 1348, a tower forty-seven feetwide and sixty-two high, with a high, arched doorway, the Gate ofJustice, having a carven hand in its keystone, and inscriptions inpraise of God. On the inside arch, and on another inner gate calledPuerta del Vino, a key is carved, and Arabic tradition has it that