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THE ALHAMBRA. THE JOURNEY
PALACE OF THE ALHAMBRA
NOTE ON MORISCO ARCHITECTURE
INHABITANTS OF THE ALHAMBRA
THE HALL OF AMBASSADORS
THE JESUITS’ LIBRARY
ALHAMAR, THE FOUNDER OF THE ALHAMBRA
THE MYSTERIOUS CHAMBERS
PANORAMA FROM THE TOWER OF COMARES
THE TRUANT
THE BALCONY
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MASON
THE COURT OF LIONS
THE ABENCERRAGES
MEMENTOS OF BOABDIL
PUBLIC FÊTES OF GRANADA
LOCAL TRADITIONS
THE HOUSE OF THE WEATHERCOCK
LEGEND OF THE ARABIAN ASTROLOGER
NOTE TO THE ARABIAN ASTROLOGER
VISITORS TO THE ALHAMBRA
RELICS AND GENEALOGIES
THE GENERALIFE
LEGEND OF PRINCE AHMED AL KAMEL. OR, THE PILGRIM OF LOVE
A RAMBLE AMONG THE HILLS
LEGEND OF THE MOOR’S LEGACY
THE TOWER OF LAS INFANTAS
LEGEND OF THE THREE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESSES
LEGEND OF THE ROSE OF THE ALHAMBRA
THE VETERAN
THE GOVERNOR AND THE NOTARY
GOVERNOR MANCO AND THE SOLDIER
A FÊTE IN THE ALHAMBRA
LEGEND OF THE TWO DISCREET STATUES
THE CRUSADE OF THE GRAND MASTER OF ALCÁNTARA
SPANISH ROMANCE
LEGEND OF DON MUNIO SANCHO DE HINOJOSA
POETS AND POETRY OF MOSLEM ANDALUS
AN EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF A DIPLOMA
THE LEGEND OF THE ENCHANTED SOLDIER
NOTES TO THE ENCHANTED SOLDIER
THE AUTHOR’S FAREWELL TO GRANADA
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Washington Irving
The Alhambra
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The matin peal from church and convent below me rang sweetly in the morning air, as I descended. The market-place was beginning to throng with the populace, who traffic in the abundant produce of the vega; for this is the mart of an agricultural region. In the market-place were abundance of freshly plucked roses for sale; for not a dame or damsel of Andalusia thinks her gala dress complete without a rose shining like a gem among her raven tresses.
On returning to the inn I found our man Sancho in high gossip with the landlord and two or three of his hangers-on. He had just been telling some marvellous story about Seville, which mine host seemed piqued to match with one equally marvellous about Antiquera. There was once a fountain, he said, in one of the public squares, called Il fuente del toro, (the fountain of the bull,) because the water gushed from the mouth of a bull’s head, carved of stone. Underneath the head was inscribed,—
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