The Alhambra . whichKing Chico had left the fortress. There was a mystery aboutit, and it had never been opened within the memory of theoldest inhaljitant. He conducted me to the spot. The gateway is in the centreof what was once an immense pile, called the Tower of theSeven Floors {/a Torre de los siete suelos). It is famous in theneighbourhood as the scene of strange apparitions and Moorishenchantments. According to Swinburne the traveller, it was. ,wJi. M MEMENTOES OE BOABDIL 165 originally the great gate of entrance. The antiquaries ofGranada pronounce it the entrance to that quarter of th
The Alhambra . whichKing Chico had left the fortress. There was a mystery aboutit, and it had never been opened within the memory of theoldest inhaljitant. He conducted me to the spot. The gateway is in the centreof what was once an immense pile, called the Tower of theSeven Floors {/a Torre de los siete suelos). It is famous in theneighbourhood as the scene of strange apparitions and Moorishenchantments. According to Swinburne the traveller, it was. ,wJi. M MEMENTOES OE BOABDIL 165 originally the great gate of entrance. The antiquaries ofGranada pronounce it the entrance to that quarter of theroyal residence where the kings bodyguards were stationed. Ittherefore might well form an immediate entrance and exit to thepalace; while the grand Gate of Justice served as the entranceof state to the fortress. When Boabdil sallied by this gate todescend to the Vega, where he was to surrender the keys ofthe city to the Spanish sovereigns, he left his vizier Aben
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