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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
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alaga, Cadiz, Cordova, Jaen, Huelva, and Almeria, — with over threemillions population. In this territory are the finest cities of Spain,and the grandest cathedrals. We cannot more than allude to many ofthem; for, besides those of Andalusia, there are many others of greatinterest; such as Barcelona, on the northeast coast, with its magnifi-cent harbor, its fine buildings, and memorials of the terrible Inqui-sition. A great exposition was held there this year (i 888), to whichall parts of Spain had contributed, and where all the people wererepresented. South of that lies Tarragona, likewise an ancient city,now famous for its wines; and still farther south, Valencia, the centreof a famous agricultural district, and a great hunting-ground in certainseasons. North of Valencia are the ruins of Murviedro, the ancientRoman city of Saguntum, whose inhabitants once perished in aterrible siege But we are going to describe only Granada, and endour journey at the Moorish palace of the Alhambra.
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TOMB OF FERDINAND AND ISABELLA IN THE CATHEDRAL OF GRANADA. GRANADA. — THE ALHAMBRA. 245 Granada, as we have already remarked, is said to have derived itsname from the Moorish name for a pomegranate, as it stands onfour hills, divided like a pomegranate. It is built on the edge of agreat plain, fertile and highly cultivated, called the Vega, and runsaround the bases and up the sides of two hills. One of these hillsis crowned by the Alhambra, and the other by the Albaicin,—an-ciently the Moorish city. Between them flows the beautiful riverDarro, which cleaves the city in two, and joins the Xenil on thesouthern side of Alhambra hill. The principal street of Granada is called the Vivarambla, and usedto run along the banks of the Darro, but now partially covers it, asthe stream is covered, over for a long distance. The quaintest streetof Granada is the Zacatin, once the old market-place of the Moors,where they sold fine silks and jewels, manufactured by themselves.The finest building,

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