The Alhambra . the recent troubles in Spain, when Granada was inthe hands of the French, the Alhambra was garrisonedby their troops, and the palace w^as occasionally inhabitedby the French commander. With that enlightened tastewhich has ever distinguished the French nation in their con-quests, this monument of Moorish elegance and grandeurw^as rescued from the absolute ruin and desolation that wereoverwhelming it. The roofs were repaired, the saloons andgalleries protected from the w^eather, the gardens cultivated, PALACE OF THE ALHAMBRA 51 the watercourses restored, the fountains
The Alhambra . the recent troubles in Spain, when Granada was inthe hands of the French, the Alhambra was garrisonedby their troops, and the palace w^as occasionally inhabitedby the French commander. With that enlightened tastewhich has ever distinguished the French nation in their con-quests, this monument of Moorish elegance and grandeurw^as rescued from the absolute ruin and desolation that wereoverwhelming it. The roofs were repaired, the saloons andgalleries protected from the w^eather, the gardens cultivated, PALACE OF THE ALHAMBRA 51 the watercourses restored, the fountains once more made tothrow up their sparkHng showers ; and Spain may thank herinvaders for having preserved to her the most beautiful andinteresting of her historical monuments. On the departure of the French they blew up several towersof the outer wall, and left the fortifications scarcely that time the military importance of the post is at anend. The garrison is a handful of invalid soldiers, whose. y^^^
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