Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-23
Special Correspondence.

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speCimenol ecclesiastical Wchllectlielh
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beautiful example OF the plous art OF
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lng, this Toledo cathedral Absorbed tht
revenues of several rcgns. and the
,,rts of or, Of the ,yosltbiest eeos ina
ih Sp''u' NeHei1u"" al''' se"'' avn
its slowly rising walls We're watched
bv the people. Men were born. grew
ala .,,t AL to,,.t-,., t,,. i.t,,,, A., t,eir
chlloIeh, VINO looh IL UP ana ealIleu IL
on untl tneI turn came 20 80 lne
way OF an lhe ealth' Iheh thelI emu
dith ana cnlaIeh s chIdIth' carr Ieu "
"lohs' 80 thdl, When az idsl u sluuu
coHiplete IL represented, not one hiIk,
on one age Dui many generations; i
occupies lne sue OF ealheu'" "h'On
eAlsted before the
COMING OF THE MOORS.
Indeed. uauluon says that the hrst
church was built during the lifetime OF
me virgin Mary ana that she Wor-
shipped here-which. II true. makes IL
me Oldest church IN Christendom. AZ
any rate, on q certain much-venerated
slab near the hish altar may be seen
the mark of "A small shoe, which is SAID
10 be a Footprint OF the virgin herself.
II IS not improbable that some temple
stood here long before Marys day,
since the city anteddtcs the blrth or
Christ by two or three centuries. An
Gent history tells US that Marius Flu
rius look ~, 1873 3. c. The Moors
turned the old church into mosque.
and occupied IL for the worship OF
Allah about four hundred years. When
they We're conquered by the Spaniards,
Alonzo vi gave them his solemn prom
Use that they should retain II undis-
bad occasioD ~ leave Vs thc INV Wy In he
temporary absence Bernardo, the arch
bishop backed by the queen lWho was
native of France. like himselD, seized
the mosque, turned out the MoOrs, and
reconstructed II as a cathedral, When
the king heard how his royal word had
been broken he returned 20 Toledo In
a towering rage,swearing that he would
burn at the stake both queen and
bishop Riding into the city. he met
crowd of Moors and called out TO
them that the injury had been done 10
himself, who had solemnly given hls
OATH rather than 20 them, and that
their mosque should be preserved The
wise MOOts however. persuaded him TO
let them release him from his oath:
"whereat" says the chronicler, the
king had great joy and the matter
ended peacefully
Most OF the old building was pulled
down In the year 1921 during the reign
of Don Fernando III. that great de-
stroyer of mosques, who himself laid
the corner stone OF the new struC-
ture.. From that time up to
the 18th century additions and
alterations were constantly being
made. padilas
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Moh FLONDhHEb II
in 1921: and again Il was sacked In 1903
by invaders under General La Houssaye
the same who looted the Escorial.
Previous 10 this II must have been
perfect mine of wealth and art. During
several centuries am the foremost art
lists OF the world had been employed by
the richest nrelates OF Spain 10 make
this cathedral the worthy seat of a
pitmacy which vet ranks second in the
Roman Catholic hierarchy. Here as at
Burgos and Leon the pope and king
OF Spain were capons and the monarch
was always fined two thousand mara
yedls for non.attendance I'm choir on
fiesta DAYS. But alasi Times have
changed I'm Spain and the power OF the
priests has sadly waned Most of the
n,onasterles have been suppressed.
though the prinate a still second I'm
dignity only 10 the king. nobody fails
upon mis- knees 10 kiss the ring upon his
hand and moro bandfuis Of ppople
mostly women attend divine service
Could ne impose proportional Gnes In
these DAYS on AM spanish Catholics
who IAN to 20 10 church he would soon
become tho richest man In Tho world
II Is imuOgslble 20 get "A good exterior
view OF me cathedral because II IS
hemmed IN on alI SIDES by network
OF narrow winning aHeys SO thal u mas
no distance 10 give the proper erect
ana under us walls one can nave hUle
llea or lls tull majesty, me hgufes oI
the ground plan-5'o ieet long py i-o
ieet woe. ial 20 impress you ana the
great square ana tower looks top-heavy
without perspective rms tower by
the way rises, square, ~ ieet then
changes INTO an octagon win Dold tur-
REFS ana pinhacles' ana ABOVE mat Us
splre enclfclea by Triple rows OF metal
rays tne enuIe helBht belns 5-o Feet
along lhe lacoae statues are ranged. or
biolcal celebfues. ana hauNe saints,
strangely associated WIN hyaras ana
cenlauIs ana olher monsters or heathen
mythoiosy. The three bronze doors
me door OF pardon the door OF heI ana
the Qoor oi ludgment-Wlth with their
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