The Alhambra and the Kremlin: The South and the North of Europe
CHAPTER I.
GRANADA.
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Lodgings at the Alhambra.—Restoration.—Webs of Falsehood.—The Sierra Nevada Mountains.—Fruits.—Progress of the Peasantry.—The Moors.—Adam’s Visit to Spain.—Expulsion of the Moors.—Decline of the Empire.— Railroads.—Mines.—Early Settlers.—Iberians.—Phœnicians.—Goths.—Moors.— Waning of the Crescent.—Capture of Cordova.—Flight of the last Moorish King
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