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Cathedral cities of Spain (1909)

Collins, W. W. (William Wiehe), b. 1862 · London : Heinemann; New York, Dodd, Mead · leaf 96

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s of old when the opulence ofthe East pervaded every dwelling in this Mayfairof Granada. Of all these the Casa del Chapiz,though degraded into a low-class dwelling, is withits beautiful garden the most perfect remnant of theexotic Moor. In the Carrera de Darro, just opposite the spotwhere once a… … GRANADA surrounded by horseshoe arcades. The bath is18 ft. square, and in the vaulted recess beyond isone of smaller dimensions commanding moreprivacy for the cleanly Eastern whose day was nevercomplete without many ablutions. Not far away up the hillside, in cave-dwellingsamidst an almost…

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