The Alhambra . Entrance to Hall of Abenccrragcc »^. .y^ MEMENTOES OF BOABDIL While my mind was still warm with the subject of theunfortunate Boabdil, I set forth to trace the mementoes of himstill existing in this scene of his sovereignty and the tower of Comares, immediately under the Hall ofAmbassadors, are two vaulted rooms, separated by a narrowpassage ; these are said to have been the prisons of himself andhis mother, the virtuous Ayxa la Horra ; indeed, no other partof the tower would have served for the purpose. The externalwalls of these chambers are of prodigious thickn
The Alhambra . Entrance to Hall of Abenccrragcc »^. .y^ MEMENTOES OF BOABDIL While my mind was still warm with the subject of theunfortunate Boabdil, I set forth to trace the mementoes of himstill existing in this scene of his sovereignty and the tower of Comares, immediately under the Hall ofAmbassadors, are two vaulted rooms, separated by a narrowpassage ; these are said to have been the prisons of himself andhis mother, the virtuous Ayxa la Horra ; indeed, no other partof the tower would have served for the purpose. The externalwalls of these chambers are of prodigious thickness, pierced withsmall windows secured by iron bars. A narrow stone galler},with a low parapet, extends along three sides of the tower justbelow the windows, but at a considerable height from theground. From this gallery, it is presumed, the queen loweredher son with the scarves of herself and her female attendantsduring the darkness of the night to the hill-side, where some ofhis faithful adherents waited with fleet steeds to bear him tothe mount
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