The Alhambra, being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula (1907)
Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946 · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane company · leaf 72
DA. Art and nature have combined to render Granada, with itsAlps, Plain, and Alhambra, one of those few places which sur-pass all previous conceptions. The town is built on the spursof the hills, which rise on the south-east to their greatest The Alhambra. 9 altitude. The city overlooks the Vega,… … ALCOVE OF THE CAPTIVE (ISABEL DE SOLIS}. irrigation. Accordingly, the Vega supplies every vegetable pro-duction, and is a spot—said the Arabians themselves—superiorin extent and fertility to the valley of Damascus. The Alhambra is built on a crowning height that hangs over 10 Tht Alhambra. the…
