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Title: Impressions of Spain in 1866
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Herbert of Lea, Mary Elizabeth Herbert, Baroness, 1822-1911
Subjects: Spain -- Description and travel
Publisher: London, Bentley
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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lla,No ha visto maravilla. Scarcely had they set foot in their comfortablehotel, the Fonda de Londi-es, when an obligingaide-de-camp of the Spanish general came to tellthem that if they wanted to see the Alcazar theymust go with him at once, as the infanta, whohad married the sister of the kings consort,was expected with his wife to occupy the palacethat evening, when it would naturally be closedto visitors. Dusty, dirty, and hot as they were,therefore, they at once sallied forth with theirkind cicerone and the English consul for thisfairy palace of the Moors. Entering by the Plazadel Triunfo, under an arched gateway, wherehangs, day and night, a lamp throwing its softlight on the beautiful little picture of the Vir-gin and Child, they came into a long court, inthe midst of which are orange-trees and fountains,and this again led them by a side door into theinner court or patio of the palace. Like the Alhambra, it is an exquisite succes-sion of delicate columns, with beautifully carved
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Akazar, SltI/Ic. SEVILLE. 97 capitals, walls, and balconies, which look as ifworked in Mechlin lace ; charmingly cool patios,with marble floors and fountains; doors whosegeometrical patterns defy the patience of thepainter ; horse-shoe arches, with edges fringed likeguipme ; fretted ceilings, the arabesques of whichare painted in the most harmonious colours, andtipped with gold; lattices every one of whichseems to tell of a romance of beauty and of love :such are these moresque creations, unrivalled inmodern art, and before which our most beautifulnineteenth century palaces sink into coarse andcommonplace buildings. They are the realisa-tion of the descriptions in the Arabian Nights,and the exquisite delicacy of the work is not itssole charm. The proportions of every room, ofevery staircase, of every door and window, are per-fect : nothing offends the eye by being too short ortoo wide. In point of sound also, they, as well asthe Romans, knew the secret which our modernbuilders have lo

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