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Granada, present and bygone (1908)

Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946, Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine), 1867-1928 · London : J. M. Dent & co. · leaf 211

An illustration from Granada, present and bygone, 1908, leaf 211
sh timesafter the patriarchal fashion.The gate is a building in itself,and consists really of two towers, one behind the other,connected by an upper storey. An inscription overone of the arches relates that it was built by SultanYusuf I. in 1348. Over the first outermost arch, whichis of horse-shoe… … i 1 !■ ■ t The Cypress of the Sultanain the Generalife i68 GRANADA of the four duties of the Mushm—to pray, to fast,to give alms, and to make the pilgrimage to Mecca.Set further back in the tower is a smaller arch, overwhich is seen a rudely carved key. This was afavourite religious emblem of the…

Cano, Alonso, 1601-1667 · Alhambra (Granada, Spain) · Architecture -- Spain Granada · Granada (Spain) -- Description and travel · Granada (Spain) -- History

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