Collins, W W 1862- · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 316
r the Kings death, and isguarded by a quaint iron grille. The cloisters, entered from a door in the north tran-sept, are a jumble of Gothic and Renaissance, with aRomanesque arcade and a good deal of plateresque workas well. Some of the earliest frescoes in Spain are fastdisappearing from the… … LEON. The Catlitdral. LEON tained of the beauty of the Cathedral as one stands inthese cloisters, and when they, too, are restored the greatwork begun in i860 will be finished. Next to the Cathedral, and perhaps in a way more in-teresting, is the convent of San Isidoro el Real. This,the Escorial of…
Cathedrals -- Spain · Spain -- Description and travel
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
