The Republican journal., 1900-06-14
THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF
SPAIN.


y
r,,rnty Centuries Ago.
>pundence of The journal. ]
SPAIN. May -. 1900. You
..lrg for days amid these la
Alleys. shut in by close. high
auut gaining so good an idea
Us may be obtained i'll half an
.r.n rUc highest point in the city.
.I- fo the Zion of this JeruSa-
uofp difficult than any other
NJ and stony streets. Passing
HE Gate of the sun, to an
ma immediately above the jut-
s,aument, whose inaccessible
ust Nv The Gothic founders in
v-rluu of a Slte-you command
H an within the walls. as well
-.. ucircling hills, and the wild
ucholy Tagus, winding for
JNeen Jagged cliffs. Sloping
fob, your feet on every side are
castles and towers, all so
Uiltormly old, and hOpeleSSly
WAT if is difficult to believe
..... lave anything to do with the
Ht century. And indeed, many
ave not. For example: those
ruins, close at hand, We're
N.4 Wamba's palace, built i'll the
and afterwards occupied by
From one of its windows he
'He lovely daughter of Count
sAu had been intrusted to his
she was bathing in the river;
and there become possessed
.. utal passion which led to the
l rhe MoorS and the destruc-
Gothic Empire.
heued heap of stones just
Bridge Of Alcantora, known
u Palace. is another MONT
Rll' ANIllNlt ItN. tlloIiNl W llltll
editions which show that hui
Ut LAS been much the same in
-'~ Princess Galidla was the
laughter of King Golatre.
rr beyond anything else in
Iud built her a palace com
which the glories of the Ara
paled into insignilicance.
..l.r,s lovers came a-Wooing
HG the princess dreadfully-
sd" NOM gUtS. The most unWelcOme
ruamored ones was Brada-
-aulic Moorish chieftain, of
,agt but incalculable wealth;
au underground passage tun-
great expense. all the way to
wa his stronghold at Guadala-
'4d the mountains, SO that he
the princess every day. At
trIemagne the Great came to
'iPItti ~ iSttlllol lld-
~fltm of Cordova, and being
tals palace, he straightway
with the beautiful Galana
sHd lust i'll time to furnish a
-. Me- story Bradamant, grown
more inportunate as his suit
.I StnI1 sA..1.at lNr IA rn1lTh
one night, intending to con
lureSS by force to his strong
f.r met Charlemagne instead,
Low got wind of his inten-
.A 3Gel in the dark ensued, in
gigantic Moor was slain.
Hagt cut off his head and pre-
-'f nd the princess; who was so
'"'NdIl the gift that she at once
'he hand Of the giver, accom-
- M to France and was trium-
a owned his queen.
A ~WnlaldS of to-day incline to the
'I War Galiana was either a myth,
'jrl enchantreSS. whose WileS
'DNNt uStlan nor Moslem could re
@i.er uer departure, it is said. the
..ti King Al-Mamun took possess
Ir palace and retired to it in
sIr of leisure, to study the
t' UNU prosecute scientific re-
company with the wise men
f. TO later Arabs it was
he Mansion of the Hours"
a wonderful clepsydra, or
h constructed in it's garden
@Ioger, AZ-Zarkal. This CON
ivy tanks, placed at right
leh other, and so contrived,
ptated system of subterranean
|,' rlSterus, that they accurately
'"l ilme. according to the phases
ippou After Alfonso vi. had
+ IFAitG the palace. an inquisitive
tlN.hg to discover the secret of
/, ''iNydra' S mechanism, obtained
NNinu To examine it's interior ar
Heut. He took the machinery
y, Nut was unable to put it together
! ''' and thus in few hours destroy
!. ' 'l the greatest curiosities that
n ingenuity had ever invented.
T. FiSldli wheel that raised the wa
i.t ''V was propelled by a sluice, stood
n ''r' the Tagus and the main en-
n. 10 the palace: and less than fifty
n, ~ 'so It's original piers were still in
d n 4 'Tngating purposes. Fragments
pip' 'olify and half-buried walls crop
G.,l up IN all directions indicate that
'Da palace must have been of far