Rambles in sunny Spain . hang in the cathedral ofBurgos to-day. At the station in Cordova we were pounced upon by the omni-present cochcro, and taken off to the Fonda Espanola. Though itwas very hot, we sallied out without delay in search of the sightsof Cordova. Our hotel was on the Calle de Gran Capitan, andthe great centre of attraction, the cathedral, was at some distance,through the narrowest and most tortuous streets imaginable. Onemay hook it through Cordova in a day or so by a judicious useof his time; but it is rather a place to linger in, — a city for inves-tigations and prowlings ab
Rambles in sunny Spain . hang in the cathedral ofBurgos to-day. At the station in Cordova we were pounced upon by the omni-present cochcro, and taken off to the Fonda Espanola. Though itwas very hot, we sallied out without delay in search of the sightsof Cordova. Our hotel was on the Calle de Gran Capitan, andthe great centre of attraction, the cathedral, was at some distance,through the narrowest and most tortuous streets imaginable. Onemay hook it through Cordova in a day or so by a judicious useof his time; but it is rather a place to linger in, — a city for inves-tigations and prowlings about, with a reasonable expectation of find-ing a surprise at almost every corner. And there are many of them, — in truth, Cordova is nearly allcorners, like an antiquated donkey; though farther than this thesimile does not apply. How we found our way across and aroundthe city is to this day a matter of wonder; perhaps it was our prac-tice in the streets of Burgos, for there we used to lose our way adozen times a DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA. DON QUIXOTES COUNTRY, AND CORDOVA. 143. The cathedral is the great attraction of Cordova; but first wevisited the Alcazar, — not, like that of Seville, a magnificent monu-ment of Arabic architecture, but simply a wall-enclosed garden offine trees, fountains, and flowers. The great walls around it areRoman, to be sure, or Gothic, and massive towers stand up nearit with the antiquity of a thousand years upon them. The realbuilding is now used as a prison, and was once occupied by theInquisition. The Roman bridge that spans the Guadalquivir just beyondthe cathedral is a glorious old structure, with its many arches, andits great square tower on the country side. We went across onemorning and photographed it, and also that beautiful bridge. Theold mills just beneath it, built by the Moors, may yet be seen grind-ing the grist of the conquerors of their builders. What the Romansand the Arabs built in Spain they built to last; as witnes
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