Rambles in sunny Spain . easures. The chapels, with finemarbles and paintings, are numerous on every side; perhaps thatcontaining Murillos famous vision of San Antonio is the mostsought after. The high altar, the choir, the exquisitely sculpturedorgans, — all these claim the attention ; but that which oftenest drewus to the cathedral was the marble slab above the remains of Fer-nando Columbus, — the same marble that once covered the ashes ofColumbus. The dead discoverer was first placed to rest in the Con-vent of St. Francis, at Valladolid ; but six years later he was removedto the Carthusian
Rambles in sunny Spain . easures. The chapels, with finemarbles and paintings, are numerous on every side; perhaps thatcontaining Murillos famous vision of San Antonio is the mostsought after. The high altar, the choir, the exquisitely sculpturedorgans, — all these claim the attention ; but that which oftenest drewus to the cathedral was the marble slab above the remains of Fer-nando Columbus, — the same marble that once covered the ashes ofColumbus. The dead discoverer was first placed to rest in the Con-vent of St. Francis, at Valladolid ; but six years later he was removedto the Carthusian monastery at Seville, where a costly monumentwas raised over his remains by Ferdinand, with the inscription: A Castilla y Leon, Mundo Nuevo did Colon. The most interesting of all Sevilles attractions is, of course, thatpalace of the ancient Moors, — the Alcazar. It not only retains thename but the pronunciation of the Arabs; for, departing from es-tablished rules, the Spaniards speak of it as the Alcazar instead of. MOORISH ARCHES OF THE ALCAZAR, SEVILLE. SIGHT-SEEING IN SEVILLE. I 75, the Alcazar. This beautiful palace we almost despair of describingto our readers. Nearly all of the seventy-eight apartments are richin mosaics and fanciful arabesques. Only a detailed description(which present space at our disposal forbids) can convey an adequateidea of its beauty. The great central Patio of the Princesses, theytell us, was so called .because here were gathered the beautifulmaidens, one hundred in number, sent as annual tribute to theMoorish king. The most glorious hall is that of the Ambassadors,with its lofty half-orange ceiling of golden honeycomb work. Beautiful as it is, the Alcazar has a superior in the Alhambra,which has a great advantage from its position alone. No gardenthat wre have yet seen, however, can vie with that attached to theAlcazar, with its fantastic forms of shrub and tree, its deliciousorange and laurel hedges, its kiosks, fountains, fish-ponds, and
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