The Story of Seville

CHAPTER XV

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_Information for the Visitor_

Most English visitors to Seville travel by way of Paris, Irún, the Spanish frontier town, and Madrid. By this route the interesting towns of Vittoria, Burgos, Valladolid and Segovia may be visited should the tourist's time permit. Many travellers break their journey at Madrid, spend a day or two in that city, and proceed by the night-express to Seville. For comfort, it is advisable to take the south express _train de luxe_ from the Quai D'Orsay, Paris. This train is made up of first-class carriages only, and provided with sleeping berths, for which there is an extra charge. By the ordinary express trains the journey is slower, and the traveller has to provide his sleeping accommodation in the shape of rugs and pillows. A pillow may be hired at most of the large Spanish railway stations for one peseta, _i.e._, sevenpence half-penny in British money.

Railway travelling in Spain is not luxurious. The first-class compartments are usually stuffy, and at night they are ill-lighted, while the second-class carriages will not compare with the English third-class. Compartments of the _tercera clase_ (third-class) are uncomfortable and cushionless. They may be used for short day journeys in Spain by the stranger who wishes to come into touch with the people. As a rule, the third-class passengers are quite orderly in behaviour, and the foreigner need not fear to travel with them. Still, from the point of view of comfort, the Spanish third-class cannot be recommended, especially to ladies.

The journey by rail from Madrid is across the monotonous plains of La Mancha, made world-famous by the exploits of Don Quixote, through interminable olive gardens, wide grass meadows, and by groups of bare and fantastic rocks, to ancient Córdova. Thence we reach the fertile land of Andalusia, follow the windings of the clay-stained Guadalquivir, and come into the district of the cactus and almond tree, and a semi-tropical climate.

Before leaving the railway station square, the stranger must submit to the inspection of his luggage by the customs' officers (_consumos_), who are on the watch for taxed articles. Usually the search is a mere formality, as English visitors are rarely regarded as 'suspects.' Assure the officer that you have nothing to sell, and he will in most instances refrain from overhauling your baggage.

Hotel omnibuses, cabs and outside porters await the arrival of every train at the Estación de Cordoba. The fare for a one-horse carriage to any part of Seville, with one or two passengers, is a peseta, and for each piece of luggage the charge is from half-a-peseta to a peseta. The driver expects a _propina_ ('tip') of at least half-a-peseta. Avoid hotel touts and loafers who crowd outside the railway station.

_Hotels._--The majority of English and American visitors stay at the Hôtel de Madrid, at the corner of the Plaza del Pacifico. It is a large house, with a court in the Moorish style, adorned with palms. The position is central. The boarding terms are from about twelve pesetas per day, but the charge is from about fifteen pesetas in the spring season. The Hôtel de Paris is also in the Plaza del Pacifico. Here the tariff is about ten pesetas per diem, and the cuisine is of the first-class Spanish order.

Smaller, but comfortable, hostelries are Hôtel de Roma and the Hôtel Europa, with a pension tariff of ten pesetas. If the visitor desires to see something of the life of Spanish people of the middle-class, he will prefer to take up his quarters in one of the minor hotels. Such a house is that of Juan Zamanillo, Hôtel de la Victoria, in the Plaza Nueva. The charge here is from five pesetas a day, which includes a comfortable bedroom, with clean linen and mosquito curtains to the bed, luncheon (_almuerzo_), and dinner (_comida_). The Victoria is frequented by English artists, and the proprietor is accustomed to English guests. The head waiter is an intelligent man. In hotels of this order the sanitary arrangements are Spanish. Even in the first-class houses of Spain these arrangements need improvement. On the other hand, the rooms are scrupulously clean, the cuisine very fair, and the bedrooms comfortable.

At most of the hotels there is an extra charge for the early breakfast (_desayuno_), which consists of a cup of chocolate, flavoured with cinnamon, or of _café con leche_ (coffee with milk), and a small roll without butter. Many Spaniards take a cup of coffee in their bedrooms about half-past eight in the morning, and do not eat until luncheon, which is usually served in Seville from eleven till one. Visitors who are accustomed to a substantial breakfast often find themselves somewhat faint by the hour of _almuerzo_. The two meals are much alike in their courses. Soup, fish, meat or poultry, salad, cream cheese of Burgos, fried potatoes, various kinds of cakes and fruit are served at luncheon and dinner. The table wine is provided free of charge, but it is often of a very inferior quality, and should be used sparingly, especially in hot weather. A cheap, palatable wine is the Rioja. Mineral waters can be had at all the hotels and _cafés_.

At the Spanish houses, as distinguished from the hotels mostly frequented by foreigners, Andalusian dishes form the chief part of the _menu_. Shad, sea-bream and codfish, garnished with onions, are served cold. _Pollo con arroz_ (fowl with rice), and curried rice, with cockles and sausages, are favourite dishes. One course is usually composed of stewed mutton, or beefsteaks grilled. The meal begins with eggs, boiled, poached, or made into savoury omelettes. Those visitors who do not enjoy the flavour of garlic should say to the waiter, "_No ajo, sirvase_," _i.e._, "No garlic, if you please," before ordering an omelette. In the larger hotels the cookery is usually French, with an occasional dish of the country.

_Cafés._--Spaniards spend a good share of their leisure time in the _cafés_. In Seville the chief resorts of this kind are in the Calle de las Sierpes, the Calle Tetuan, and the Plaza Nueva. It is the custom in Spain to make business appointments and to arrange friendly meetings in the _cafés_. The drinks are coffee, chocolate, tea, wines, liqueurs, and mineral waters. Coffee is usually taken black, with cognac. The spirits are _caña_, _agua ardiente_, and cognac. A favourite liqueur is anisette. At some of these houses Bass's ale and Scotch whisky can be obtained. The Spanish bottled cider (_sidra_) is a refreshing drink, mixed with lemonade, in hot weather.

An English medical practitioner, Dr. Dalebrook, resides in the Calle Albareda, leading out of the Calle Tetuan. A guide, whom I can recommend as well-informed, is Señor Carlos Rudé, 22 Otumba. Señor Rudé is known as "Charles" by the English visitors. He speaks English well, and can obtain entrance to private collections of paintings in the city.

A large stock of interesting photographs of Seville, pictures and characters is kept by Señor Julio Beauchy, 24 Calle de Rioja.

* * * * *

A LIST OF BOOKS UPON SEVILLE, OR CONTAINING REFERENCES TO THE CITY.

_History._

'Sevilla' (A volume in the series '_España_')--Don Pedro de Madrazo.

'Annales de Sevilla'--Don Ortiz de Zuñiga.

'Sevilla Histórica,' etc.--By 'A Son of Seville.'

'Histoire des Arabes d'Espagne' (3 vols.)--De Circourt.

'Memoirs of the Kings of Spain' (5 vols.)--W. Coxe.

'History of Spain and Portugal'--Dunham.

'Ferdinand and Isabella'--Prescott.

'History of the Reformation in Spain'--T. M'Crie.

'The Ottoman and the Spanish Empires'--L. Ranke.

'History of the Reign of Philip II.'--R. Watson.

'Philip II.'--Prescott.

'Charles V.'--Armstrong.

'Recherches sur l'histoire et la littérature de l'Espagne'--Dozy.

'Spain'--H. E. Watts.

'The Moors in Spain'--S. Lane-Poole.

'The Inquisition'--Llorente.

'The Story of Spain'--E. E. and S. Hale.

'Historia de la Ciudad de Sevilla'--Joaquin Guichot.

'Historia de Sevilla'--Alonso Morgado.

'Antigüedades Prehistóricas de Andalucia'--Miguel de Gongora.

_Art._

'Descripción Artística de la Catedral de Sevilla'--Cean Bermudez.

'Seville Mosque Cathedral' (Paper Architect. Society)--R. H. Carpenter.

'An Architect's Note Book in Spain'--D. Wyatt.

'Annals of the Artists of Spain'--Sir W. Stirling-Maxwell.

'Spanish and French Painters'--G. W. Smith.

'Velazquez'--G. C. Williamson.

'The Industrial Arts of Spain'--J. F. Riaño.

'La Giralda'--A. Alvarez Benavides.

'Alcázar de Sevilla'--J. Gestoso y Pérez.

'La Imprenta en Sevilla.'

'Velazquez: Life and Work'--G. H. Stokes.

'Renaissance Architecture and Ornament in Spain'--A. N. Prentice.

'Seville Cathedral' (article in 'Macmillan's Magazine,' May 1903)--Havelock Ellis.

_Literature._

'History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature' (2 vols.)--Bouterwek.

'History of Spanish Literature'--Ticknor.

'The Spanish Drama'--G. H. Lewes.

'Vida de Cervantes'--M. F. Navarette.

'Tipografía Española'--Mendez.

'Spanish Literature'--H. Butler Clarke.

'Life of Cervantes '--J. Fitz-Maurice-Kelly.

'Cervantes'--H. E. Watts.

_Social and General._

'Letters from Spain'--Doblado (Blanco White).

'Handbook for Spain'--R. Ford.

'Old Court Life in Spain'--F. M. Elliott.

'The Bible in Spain'--Geo. Borrow.

'Spanish Vistas'--G. P. Lathrop.

'Voyage en Espagne'--T. Gautier.

'Spain and Portugal' (Handbook)--Karl Baedeker.

'The Zincali'--Geo. Borrow.

'A Summer in Andalusia' (2 vols.)--R. Bentley.

'Seville' (article in 'Harper's Magazine,' March 1901)--Arthur Symons.

'Spanish Cities'--C. A. Stoddard.

'The Land of the Castanet'--H. Chatfield-Taylor.

INDEX

A

Abdelasis, 19, 20.

Abdelgafar, 22.

Abdelmelic, 21, 22.

Abdelola, 19.

Abderahman I., 21.

Abu Abdallah, 24.

Abu el Kásim, 26.

Abu Said, Red King, 37.

Alcázar, 6, 23, 30, 35, 39, 61, 63, 65, 88, 110-128, 237.

Aleman, author, 139.

Alesio, painter, 101.

Alfonso, the Wise, 6, 34-36.

Almohades, 28, 30, 31, 32, 73, 110, 213.

Almoravides sect, 26-29.

Amalaric, 13.

Aqueduct, 11.

Archbishop's Palace, 205.

Arfian, artist, 153.

Arms of city, 241.

Augustus, 11.

Averroes, 25.

Avila, 5.

Ayub, 20.

Ayuntamiento, 63, 211.

B

Barca, Hamilcar, 8.

Bartolomé, San, church, 193.

Bazan, author, 144.

Berbers, 17, 18, 27.

Bermudez, 149, 179.

Bernardo, San, church, 194.

Bizet's _Carmen_, 141.

Black Prince, 42.

Blanco White, 59, 69.

Bonifaz, Admiral, 31-32.

Books relating to Seville, 266-268.

Borrow, George, 5, 140-141, 232.

Buckle, 26, 188.

Bull-fights, 225, 242-261.

Byron, 5, 139, 240.

C

Caballero, Fernan, author, 139.

_Cafés_, 265.

Campaña, painter, 107, 151-152, 163, 177, 237.

Cano, A., artist, 95-96, 160, 177.

Caridad Hospital, 161, 205-208.

Carlos V., 63, 123, 127, 128, 176, 187.

Caro, historian, 131.

Cartagena, 8.

Cartuja, 236.

Casa Abades, 202.

Casa Pilatos, 39, 62, 124, 132-134.

Casa Taveras, 201.

Casanova, sculptor, 91.

Catalina, Santa, church, 191.

Cathedral, 67, 73, 85-109.

Cato, 6.

Cepero, Don, 168, 209, 210.

Cervantes, 6, 67, 135-139, 212, 241.

Céspedes, artist, 103.

Cid, 28-30.

Columbus, Christopher, 6, 25, 43-46.

Columbus, Fernando, 106.

Columbus Library, 211.

Condé, historian, 24.

Córdova, 2, 20, 21, 41, 73, 81, 127, 263.

Corpus Christi, 230.

Court of Oranges, 73, 95.

Custodia, 102.

D

Dancart, artist, 105.

Dancing, 25, 231-232; in cathedral, 228.

Delicias, 81.

Dello, painter, 147.

Don Quixote, 138.

Dunham, historian, 92.

E

Edward VII. at Seville, 71.

Egidius, Protestant preacher, 54.

El Begi, the Sage, 24.

El Greco, 107, 183.

Englishmen and Inquisition, 58-59.

English sailors, 239.

Ermenigild, 13-15.

Eslava, composer, 228-229.

Eyck, J. Van, 147.

F

Fabrica de Tabacos, 211, 236

Feria of Seville, 225-226; street of, 235-236.

Fernandez, painter, 149, 205.

Fernando I., 27.

Fernando III., San, 31-34, 104, 113.

Finck, H. T., 220, 222, 252.

Fishermen of Seville, 239.

Floods in Seville, 2.

Frutet, F., painter, 183.

G

Gautier, 5, 86.

Gever, architect, 73.

Gil, San, church, 191.

Giordano, painter, 99.

Gipsies, 226, 232-234.

Giralda Tower, 23, 24, 70, 73, 77-82, 86, 95, 110, 237.

Golden Tower, 113.

Góngora, 135, 142.

Goya, 102, 107, 178, 197, 246.

Granada, 23

Guadalquivir, 1, 2, 5, 11, 21, 22, 69, 113, 224, 238, 243.

Guide to Seville, 265.

H

Hamilcar Barca, 8.

Hasdrubal, 8.

Hernandez, painter, 100.

Herrera, 96, 131, 137, 156, 163, 164, 179.

Herrera El Mozo, 155.

Horse racing, 224, 225.

Hospital Civil, 210.

Hotels, 263-265.

I

Ingunda, 14.

Inquisition, 49-60.

Isabella the Catholic, 42, 44, 48-51, 60, 61, 122.

Isidoro, San, 6, 13, 15-16, 193.

Italica, 8, 11, 12, 81, 176, 259.

J

James, Henry, 192.

Juan I., 121.

Julian, San, church, 194.

Justa and Rufina, 194-198.

Justi, Professor, 147, 172.

K

Keys of Seville, 33.

King of the Suevi, 14.

L

Lathrop, G. P., 220, 221.

Leal, Valdés, artist, 96, 99, 100, 160-161, 180, 209.

Leandro, San, 6, 13.

Lebrixa, scholar, 143, 144.

Leighton, Lord, 146, 149.

Leovigild, 13.

Library of Cathedral, 129.

Llorente, historian of Inquisition, 57-58, 60.

Lonja, 74, 205.

Losada, Doctor, 58.

Lucia, Santa, church, 193.

M

Macarena, suburb, 234, 235.

M'Crie, historian of Inquisition, 50, 54.

Magellan, 46, 47.

Majos of Seville, 219, 241.

Marcos, San, church, 190.

Maria de Padilla, 37, 41, 114.

Marmolejo, painter, 100, 153.

Maxwell-Stirling, 148, 157, 172, 183, 208.

Michelangelo, 105.

Miguel of Florence, 74.

Mir, 14.

Montañez, 67, 100, 108, 185, 186, 210, 228.

Moors, 22, 28, 30, 31, 62, 65, 66, 67, 69, 73, 77, 88, 109, 110, 113-114, 123, 124, 129, 132, 190, 202.

Morel, sculptor, 106.

Mosque of Seville, 20, 23, 73-82.

Motamid II., 28.

Mozart, 141.

Munebrega, inquisitor, 57.

Murillo, 99, 101, 102, 103, 104, 168-175, 177-179, 209; statue to, 212.

Musa, 17, 19.

N

New World, discovery of, 25, 68.

Niculoso, designer, 117.

Novels of Cervantes, 135-139.

Nuñez, painter, 149.

O

Olmedus, 54.

Omnium Sanctorum, church, 191.

P

Pacheco, 67, 106, 108, 131-132, 154-155, 167.

Palomino, painter, 157.

Passion Plays, 231.

Paula, San, church, 191.

Pedro, the Cruel, 6, 36-42, 115, 120.

Pedro de Pampeluna, 146, 211.

Peninsular War, 71.

Philip II., 64, 115.

Philip III., 67.

Philip V., 67.

Phoenicians, 7-8.

Pizarro Hernando, 6, 47, 48.

Plague, 70, 71.

Plaza de Toros, 225, 253.

Ponce de León, 57.

Prado de San Sebastian, 51.

Prescott, 138.

Printing in Seville, 43.

Prosperity, 48, 49.

Puerto del Perdón, 74.

Puigblanch, 51.

R

Recared, King, 16.

Riaño, architect, 101, 103, 211.

Ribera, painter, 170.

Roderic, the Goth, 17, 18.

Roelas, artist, 99, 177, 179.

Roldan, artist, 108.

Romans, 8-12.

Romerias, 230.

Rossini's _Barber_, 141.

Roque, San, church, 193.

Rueda, dramatist, 130.

S

Sagrario, 77, 108.

Saints of Seville, 82, 194-198.

Salvador, San, church, 193.

Sanchez, artist, 148.

Schlegel, 13, 62.

_Semana Santa_, 228-230.

Siege of Seville, 32-34.

Sierpes, Calle de, 218, 219.

Silver Tower, 30.

Singing in _cafés_, 232.

Sturmio, artist, 95, 153, 163.

T

Tablas Alfonsinas, 103.

Tarik, 20.

Theudisel, 13.

Toledo, 199.

Torquemada, 57, 61.

Torriggiano, sculptor, 185.

Trajan, 12, 32.

Triana, 32, 24, 57, 232.

Trinidad, church, 194.

U

University of Seville, 62, 70, 210.

V

Valdés, Juan, painter, 207.

Valer, the Protestant, 52-54.

Vandals, 12.

Varela, artist, 194.

Vargas, fresco painter, 82, 101, 102, 107, 150, 151, 197.

Vasquez, painter, 153.

Velazquez, 165-168, 170, 212.

Visigoths, 17, 129.

Vos, painter, 183-184.

W

Walls of Seville, 11.

Watts, H. E., 17, 137.

Wilkie, David, 174.

Williams, Leonard, 225, 242, 245, 249, 253.

Wiseman, Cardinal, 141.

Witiza, 18.

Women of Seville, 219-222.

Wyatt, Digby, 134, 202, 205.

X

Xeres, 17.

Y

Yusuf, 21, 27, 28.

Z

Zuñiga, Ortiz de, 205, 266.

Zurbaran, 104, 156-159, 165, 169, 170, 177, 180-182, 211.

THE END

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The Mediæval Town Series

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[_Second Edition._

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BRUGES. By ERNEST GILLIAT-SMITH. Illustrated by HERBERT RAILTON and EDITH CALVERT.{**}

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CHARTRES. By CECIL HEADLAM. Illustrated by HERBERT RAILTON.{**}

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FLORENCE. By EDMUND G. GARDNER. Illustrated by NELLY ERICHSEN.{**}

[_Third Edition._

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_Mediæval Towns_

The enjoyment of foreign travel is so largely dependent upon the sympathetic appreciation of the charms and treasures of the place visited that a tour may be wholly marred by an indifferent or ignorant guide; and so rarely is that charming companion to be found whose local knowledge is co-extensive with his artistic instincts, that one has perforce often to pursue one's journeys in search of the picturesque unattended. In such circumstances the MEDIÆVAL TOWN SERIES fills the breach, furnishing a guide whose knowledge is that of an authority, whose descriptions do not weary us with their garrulity, and whose opinions we may treasure in the safety of our coat pocket; to which, also, we may always refer with pleasure when we wish to revive faded recollections.

Artist and author have both made the objects and scenes described the subject of careful personal observation, and are consequently able to impart to their work that charm of local colour which lends vitality to their pictures; every old-time thoroughfare and weather-beaten fabric supplies some legend of saint or hero, and as the story of these mediæval towns progresses, the reader's imagination is kindled until the very spirit of the past pervades the page.

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Alterations in the text made by the etext transcriber:

Abdelgfar=>Abdelgafar

Abdelgafr=>Abdelgafar {2}

Gránada=>Granada

then it its pristine splendour=>then in its pristine splendour

Francico=>Francisco {2}

Alfonzo=>Aflonso {2}

she had seem a fight=>she had seen a fight

peceptions=>perceptions

The ascetic artist was born in Seville, in 1502, and died there about the year 1658=>The ascetic artist was born in Seville, in 1502, and died there about the year 1568

Capella de San Hermenegildo=>The Capilla de San Hermenegildo

Hermenigildo=>Hermenegildo {2}

Francisan Convent=>Franciscan Convent

Alcazár=>Alcázar {3}

Franciso Pacheco=>Francisco Pacheco

Emilio Pardo Bazan=>Emilia Pardo Bazan

mannnerists=>mannerists

Chasuble on San Ildefenso=>Chasuble on San Ildefonso

San Ildefenso=>San Ildefonso

Sacristiá=>Sacristía {numerous}

Calices=>Cálices {3}

La Anunciación de Neustra Señora=>La Anunciación de Nuestra Señora

Neustra Señora de la Concepción=>Nuestra Señora de la Concepción

Sacristia=>Sacristía {6}

Sacristiá de los Cálices=>Sacristía de los Cálices {2}

La Anunciación de Neustra Señora=>La Anunciación de Nuestra Señora

Martinez Moñtanes=>Martinez Montañes

Mahommedan=>Mohommedan

nine fountain=>nine fountains

cannnot=>cannot

Spaniard are conservative=>Spaniards are conservative

A suvival=>A survival

it Morisco remains=>its Morisco remains

Sevillaños=>Sevillanos

smart poople=>smart people

A bull is separted=>A bull is separated

'Sevilla Historica,'=>'Sevilla Histórica,'

'Antigüedades Prehistoricas de Andalucia'=>'Antigüedades Prehistóricas de Andalucia'

'Descripción Artistica de la Catedral de Sevilla'=>'Descripción Artística de la Catedral de Sevilla'

'Tipografia Española'=>'Tipografía Española'

Dukes of Alcala=>Dukes of Alcalá

Fábrica de Tabácos=>Fábrica de Tabacos

Domenico Theotocopuli & Dominico Theotocopuli=>Doménico Theotocópuli

Vìrgen de la Rosa=>Virgen de la Rosa

Erminigild=>Ermenigild

Cap de los Evangelestas=>Cap de los Evangelistas

Sevilla Historica=>Sevilla Histórica

Pedro Villegas Marmolego, 1520-1597=>Should be: Pedro Villegas Marmolejo, 1519-1596.

Patio de los Naranjas=>Should be: Patio de los Naranjos

FOOTNOTES:

[A] This and other interesting pictures may be seen by applying to the owner of the collection.

[B] In _Sevilla Histórica_ the names of Juan Norman, Alonso Rodriguez and Gonzalo Rojas are mentioned as architects employed before 1507.

[C] _See_ chapters on 'the Churches' and upon the 'Artists of Seville.'

[D] There is an excellent Catalogue, with a short historical memoir of each artist, which can be purchased at the entrance of the Museo, for the trifling sum of one _peseta_. It is, of course, in Spanish.

[E] The titles of the pictures are given in Spanish in order to facilitate their identification in the Catalogue.

[F] The picture has been recently presented to the Museo, by the Infanta Da Maria Luisa Fernanda, and is only mentioned in the Catalogue, in a short notice at the end of the book.

[G] See separate chapter.

End of Project Gutenberg's The Story of Seville, by Walter M. Gallichan