. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. now deserted; and marks of decay and splendid poverty are everywhere population, once comprising 400,000 souls, is now reduced to 80,000. But the eye of Book I. SPAIN. 585 the curious traveller is soon attracted towards the Alhambra (Jig. 315.), the ancient palace315 and fortress of the kings of Granada. It is the noblest specimen existing of Moorisharchitecture; and nothing perhaps in Eu-rope, out of Italy and Greece, can come intocompetition with it. The s
. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. now deserted; and marks of decay and splendid poverty are everywhere population, once comprising 400,000 souls, is now reduced to 80,000. But the eye of Book I. SPAIN. 585 the curious traveller is soon attracted towards the Alhambra (Jig. 315.), the ancient palace315 and fortress of the kings of Granada. It is the noblest specimen existing of Moorisharchitecture; and nothing perhaps in Eu-rope, out of Italy and Greece, can come intocompetition with it. The site is fine, re-sembling that of Windsor, on a hill abovethe river. Its exterior structure, however,is the reverse of beautiful: a huge heap ofugly buildings huddled togetlier, withoutthe least seeming intention of forming onehabitation; the walls only gravel and peb-bles daubed over with plaster. On enteringthe thresliold, iiowever, the visiter seemstransported into a fairy scene. He passesthrough a range of apartments; the baths, the Court of the Lions; the Hall of the Abencerrages (Jig. 316.); tiie Golden Saloon, or. The Alhambra. 31G
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