Granada and the Alhambra A brief description of the ancient city of Granada, with a particular account of the Moorish palace

The façade, said to have been designed by Alonso Cano, is flanked by towers (one unfinished) and divided by four huge stone columns which support a cornice. On this rest four pi...

The first act in the long-drawn-out drama was the capture of Zahara by the troops of Granada, in 1481--provoked by the predatory incursions of the Marquis of Cadiz. The Christia...

Of the few remaining apartments of the Alhambra, the most interesting perhaps is the Tocador, or Queen’s Dressing-room, at the side of the Patio de Lindaraja, opposite the Mirad...

Simplicity and a love of the elementary characterise also the colouring of the decorations. On the stucco work only the primary colours were used: blue, red, and yellow. The sec...

Granada is the creation of the Moors. Its history is all of them--the record of their glory and their fall. The Pomegranate, as its conqueror styled it, ripened only in the warm...

GOYA TOLEDO MADRID SEVILLE MURILLO CORDOVA EL GRECO VELAZQUEZ THE PRADO THE ESCORIAL ROYAL PALACES OF SPAIN GRANADA AND ALHAMBRA SPANISH ARMS AND ARMOUR LEON, BURGOS AND SALAMAN...

A new and important series of volumes, dealing with Spain in its various aspects, its history, its cities and monuments. Each volume will be complete in itself in a uniform bind...

The glory of Valladolid has departed, but the skeleton remains, and attached to its ancient stones are the memories that Philip II. was born here, that here Cervantes lived, and...