. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. he seat of an university, whichcould boast the great names of Se-neca and Lucan. It displayed,however, a far higher pomp, when,after the Saracen conquest, it be-came the first capital of the Mo-hammedan empire in Spain. Under Ahdelrahman and Almansor, it is represented as con-taining 1600 mosques, and nearly 1,000,000 people. Admitting a certain exaggeration, itspast greatness is clearly attested by the vast and now almost empty circuit enclosed by itswalls, in a great
. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. he seat of an university, whichcould boast the great names of Se-neca and Lucan. It displayed,however, a far higher pomp, when,after the Saracen conquest, it be-came the first capital of the Mo-hammedan empire in Spain. Under Ahdelrahman and Almansor, it is represented as con-taining 1600 mosques, and nearly 1,000,000 people. Admitting a certain exaggeration, itspast greatness is clearly attested by the vast and now almost empty circuit enclosed by itswalls, in a great measure filled with palm trees and gardens, and by the astonishing remainsof its mosque. This vast edifice presents nothing very striking in its exterior, which is in agreat measure hid by the surrounding streets. But when the stranger enters any one of itsnineteen gates, he is astonished and bewildered by the endless labyrinth of columns whichstretch before him in every direction (Jig. 324.). These columns have almost defied the at-tempts to number them; by one WTiter they have been estimated at 1400, but are generally. Cordova. Book I. SPAIN. 589 stated as exceeding 400, dividing the mosque into nineteen aisles, and producing a perpetualand surprisuig change of scene to the visiter. The edifice, however, though it astonishes by its 324
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