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Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram. Northern Spain
Northern Spain
Table of Contents
PREFACE
NORTHERN SPAIN
CHAPTER I. THE NORTH COAST OF CASTILE
CHAPTER II. COVADONGA AND EASTERN ASTURIAS
CHAPTER III. ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS TO LEON
CHAPTER IV. THE PILGRIM ROAD
CHAPTER V. THE CIRCUIT OF GALICIA
CHAPTER VI. WESTERN ASTURIAS
CHAPTER VII. BENAVENTE, ZAMORA, AND TORO
CHAPTER VIII. SALAMANCA
CHAPTER IX. BÉJAR, ÁVILA, AND ESCORIAL
CHAPTER X. TOLEDO
CHAPTER XI. A RAID INTO ESTREMADURA
CHAPTER XII. SEGÓVIA
CHAPTER XIII. BÚRGOS
CHAPTER XIV. ACROSS NAVARRE
INDEX
Footnote
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Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram
Published by Good Press, 2021
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The stranger pays his homage to its scenery, but for the Spaniard it has a more sentimental appeal. This great mountain citadel is his Isle of Athelney, the last refuge of the little band of stalwarts who never bowed the knee to the dominion of Mahound. Here the first gleam of victory broke the long darkness of disaster; and seven years after the downfall of Roderic, Pelayo began the redemption of Spain. It still remains a place of pilgrimage; for Our Lady herself fought from Heaven against the infidel upon that momentous day. Her miraculous image, in its extravagant tinsel nimbus{25} and stiff brocaded gown, holds its state over the High Altar in the Colegiata,[3] and its picture adorns the walls of half the cottages in Asturias. Decidedly no tour would be complete without a visit to Covadonga.
I had lingered sketching in the rocky labyrinth of the Deva till the failing light would no longer serve my turn. Darkness would be upon me ere I could emerge from its recesses; but I had not been caught unaware, for the gully can boast an occasional venta, and I had resolved to trust the resources of the little inn at Urdon.
