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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 331

An illustration from Granada, present and bygone, 1908, leaf 331
he style of St. John of Godin 1669. We pass the largehospital founded two years after his death, that is,in 1552. We may enter the church, built in themid-eighteenth century, in an abominable style.Few interiors are more gorgeous or in worse taste.Here, as in other churches in Spain, prudery… … St, Mary Magdalene. Sculpture byAlonso Cano in the Cartuja 268 GRANADA His portrait is merely a copy of another at Madrid.Some paintings by Bocanegra that might have re-deemed the ugHness of the church are hidden in thesacristy. The street in which this church is situated leadsus to the Plaza del…

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

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