The Alhambra . ,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. Comixa to receive, at the gate of Justice, the detachmentfrom the Christ
The Alhambra . ,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. Comixa to receive, at the gate of Justice, the detachmentfrom the Christian army and the officers to whom the fortresswas to be given up. The once redoubtable Tower of the Seven Floors is now amere wreck, having been blown up with gunpowder by theFrench, when they abandoned the fortress. Great masses ofthe wall lie scattered about, buried in luxuriant herbage, orovershadowed by vines and fig-trees. The arch of the gateway,though rent by the shock, still remains; but the last wish ofpoor Boabdil has again, though unintentionally, been fulfilled, 166 Till-: ALII AM BRA for the portal has been closed up by loose stones gatheredfrom the ruins, and remains impassable. Mounting my horse, I followed up the route of the Moslemmonarch from this place of his exit. Crossing the hill of Los]\lartyros, and keeping along the garden-wall of a convent <^.i^ f^.H^ Sf- ^d: V
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