FEW travellers have leisure enough to traverse the wide realm of tawny Spain in its every part. Those who must confine their attention to a single province naturally select Andalusia, where all the Northerner's preconceptions of the South find realization. The wild scenery of Southern Spain, the gay open-air life of the people, the monuments attesting the splendour of the extinct civilization of the Moor, the spell of romance which still holds its cities, makes this land one of the most interesting and fascinating in Europe to the artist, the archÆologist, and the dreamer.
The present volume, mainly the embodiment of personal impressions and observations, is intended partly to supply the place of a guide-book to this part of the Peninsula, and with that object I have brought together as much of history, art, and topography as the traveller is likely to assimilate. Into the descriptive matter I have introduced a little gossip, which will, I hope, be not found altogether irrelevant, and may serve to beguile the tedium of a bare recital of facts.
While I have endeavoured to make the book as useful to travellers as within the prescribed limits was possible, I have essayed to give it, by means of the illustrations, a more permanent value. It is on the brush rather than on the pen that I have relied to convey an idea of the gorgeous panorama of Southern Spain, and to recall to the returned traveller his impressions of the land.
As a vade-mecum, then, for the tourist, and as an album and souvenir of the fairest portion of the realm of the Catholic King, I hope that the present volume will be of use to the public, despite the shortcomings it doubtless contains. For rendering these as few as possible, I have to thank several friends who have looked through the proofs. To one in particular, Mr. E. B. d'Auvergne, I am indebted for various scraps of original and entertaining information.
A. F. CALVERT.
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| 1. | Cordova—Fountain in the Patio de los Naranjos | Frontispiece |
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| 2. | Ayamonte (The Gateway of Andalusia) | 8 |
| 3. | Seville—A Street | 12 |
| 4. | Seville—The Aceite Gate | 20 |
| 5. | Seville—A Courtyard | 24 |
| 6. | Seville—The Torre del Oro and the Cathedral | 28 |
| 7. | Seville—The Giralda | 30 |
| 8. | Seville—Gardens of the Alcazar | 34 |
| 9. | Seville—Gardens of the Alcazar | 40 |
| 10. | Seville—Patio de las Banderas | 44 |
| 11. | Seville—Gardens of the Alcazar | 50 |
| 12. | Seville—Interior of the Cathedral | 56 |
| 13. | Seville—Patio de los Naranjos | 60 |
| 14. | Seville—Plaza de San Fernando | 64 |
| 15. | Seville—Casa de Pilatos | 68 |
| 16. | Seville—Casa de Pilatos | 72 |
| 17. | Seville—Garden of the Casa de Pilatos | 78 |
| 18. | Seville—The Market Place | 80 |
| 19. | Cordova—A Courtyard | 84 |
| 20. | Cordova—Entrance to the City | 86 |
| 21. | Cordova—Calle Cardinal Herrera | 88 |
| 22. | Cordova—Moorish Mill | 90 |
| 23. | Cordova—Mezquita | 92 |
| 24. | Cordova—Patio de los Naranjos | 94 |
| 25. | Cordova—Outer Wall of the Mosque | 96 |
| 26. | Cordova—A Street Scene | 98 |
| 27. | Cordova—A Street | 100 |
| 28. | Cordova—The Bridge | 102 |
| 29. | Cordova—Courtyard of an Inn | 104 |
| 30. | Cordova—Old Houses near the River | 106 |
| 31. | Granada—From the Generalife | 108 |
| 32. | Granada—Sierra Nevada from the Alhambra Gardens | 110 |
| 33. | Granada—Exterior of the Alhambra | 112 |
| 34. | Granada—A Street in the Albaicin | 114 |
| 35. | Granada—In the Market | 116 |
| 36. | Granada—The Alhambra: The Aqueduct | 118 |
| 37. | Granada—The Court of the Cypresses | 120 |
| 38. | Granada—Villa on the Darro | 122 |
| 39. | Granada—The Alhambra from San Miguel | 124 |
| 40. | Granada—Towers of the Infantas, Alhambra | 126 |
| 41. | Granada—Near the Alhambra | 128 |
| 42. | Granada—Puerta del Vino, Alhambra | 130 |
| 43. | Granada—The Alhambra: Tower of Comares | 132 |
| 44. | Granada—The Court of the Lions: Moonlight | 136 |
| 45. | Granada—The Generalife: Patio de la Acequia | 138 |
| 46. | Granada—The Generalife: Court of the Cypresses | 140 |
| 47. | Granada—Tocador de la Reina | 142 |
| 48. | Granada—Torre de las Damas | 144 |
| 49. | Granada—The Generalife: Court of the Cypresses | 146 |
| 50. | Granada—Casa del Carbon | 148 |
| 51. | Granada—Street in the Albaicin | 150 |
| 52. | Granada—Interior of a Posada | 152 |
| 53. | Granada—Old Houses, Cuesta del Pescado | 154 |
| 54. | Granada—Old Ayuntamiento | 156 |
| 55. | Granada—Street in the Old Quarter | 158 |
| 56. | Granada—The Generalife: Patio de la Acequia | 160 |
| 57. | Granada—A Corner in the Old Quarter | 162 |
| 58. | Malaga—The Harbour | 164 |
| 59. | Malaga—The Guadalmedina | 166 |
| 60. | Malaga—A Market | 168 |
| 61. | Malaga—Packing Lemons | 170 |
| 62. | Ronda—The Tajo | 172 |
| 63. | Ronda—Roman Bridges | 174 |
| 64. | Ronda—At the Fountain | 176 |
| 65. | Ronda—A Moorish Gateway | 180 |
| 66. | Ronda—A Street Scene | 182 |
| 67. | Ronda—The Market | 184 |
| 68. | Orihuela on the River Segura | 186 |
| 69. | Elche—A Street | 188 |
| 70. | A Fisher Girl (Coast of Malaga) | 190 |
| 71. | A Water Carrier | 192 |
| 72. | Malaga—A Picador | 196 |
| 73. | Valencia—Santa Catalina | 198 |
| 74. | An Andalusian Dance | 200 |
| 75. | Courting | 204 |
| Map at end of Volume |
The Illustrations in this Volume have been engraved and printed in England by
THE MENPES PRESS, London and Watford
