Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2

CHAPTER XVII.

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Cordoba--Bridge over the Guadalquivir--Mills--Quay--Spanish Projects--Foundation of the City--Establishment of the Western Caliphat--Capture of Cordoba by San Fernando--The Mezquita--Bishop's Palace--Market Place--Grand Religious Procession--Anecdote of the late Bishop of Malaga and the Tragala.....410

APPENDIX.....431

ILLUSTRATIONS.

VOL. 1.

The Generalife, Palace, and Valley of the Darro. From a window in the Alhambra _Frontispiece._

VOL. II.

The Castle of Ximena, and distant view of Gibraltar _Frontispiece._

ERRATA.