Rambles in sunny Spain . VALENCIAN INTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE AT CORDOVA. \ DON QUIXOTES COUNTRY, AND CORDOVA. 151 across the roof-tops across the river and out over the plain beyondnow lost itself in the gathering gloom of night. Yet we lingered,looking again and again over this quaint old city, loath to leave it toitself. Beyond the roofs of tiles, here and there stood up the mas-sive towers of Goths and Romans, rich-hued and time-defying; cooland dark rose the near Sierra, with its terraced gardens, its hermi-tages, and its vales paraisos (or vales of paradise); while clear-cutagainst
Rambles in sunny Spain . VALENCIAN INTERIOR OF THE MOSQUE AT CORDOVA. \ DON QUIXOTES COUNTRY, AND CORDOVA. 151 across the roof-tops across the river and out over the plain beyondnow lost itself in the gathering gloom of night. Yet we lingered,looking again and again over this quaint old city, loath to leave it toitself. Beyond the roofs of tiles, here and there stood up the mas-sive towers of Goths and Romans, rich-hued and time-defying; cooland dark rose the near Sierra, with its terraced gardens, its hermi-tages, and its vales paraisos (or vales of paradise); while clear-cutagainst the distant sky stood out the castle of Almodoxar, eight milesaway. Beneath us lay the court of oranges, the grand entrance-plaza tothe mosque, its ranks of orange-trees so planned as to be a continuationof the lines of columns within the temple, and its fountain to refreshall true believers. A few palms rise above the orange-trees, but theyare wind-torn and scraggy ; yet they remind the student of history oftheir introduction here by Abde
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