The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-04

great navigator and last OF his iIlustrouS
race. A simple marble slab covers his
dust, with sculptured caravaIs upon 1t.
representing the primitive ships in which
the New World was discovered. Below
the caravals is the unique decree Of a
globe belted withe the famous inscrip-
ton:
"a Castillo Leon
Mando nueyo die Colon
At the opposite end Of the church is
the royal chapel a place OF uAheari-of
magnifcenee, where beneath the altar
Saint Ferdinand rests IN sareopAagHs
lof solid silver. wrapped in his robes OF
state and carrying in his skeleton hand
the golden insignia OF royalty Every
year on the anniversary Of the capture OF
Seville an imposing mass IS celebrated
and the troops of the garrison file
through this chapel. presenting arms as
| they pass 10 the bones Of the sainted sold
Ter. which are uncovered for the occa-
sion. Here also sleeps Queen Beatrix;
his son. Alonzo de Sabio, and Maria de
Padilla. the morganatic wife OF Pedro the
Cruel. The war horse Of the conqusror
of Seville. fully caparis0ned. stands above
the grating Of the entrance, and within
are preserved the banners used by both
1 armies during the siege the keys Of the
Moorish city. the sword OF Ferdinand and
a small statuette which was given him
by ST. Louis, OF France. 1t is said that
| until he died the image never left his per-
| son, and was then made the presiding d.
vinity of the chapel containing his tomb.
1t is called ''Nuestra Sonora delos Reyes"
(Our Lady OF the Kingl II IS an inartis-
tic thing of wood. with hair Of spun gold,
rubies set in the eyes and clothed in a
mantle OF cloth-of- gold. embroidered with
fieur de lis and more than one kings
ransom in the way Of diamonds and
precious stones.
/ More interesting than these are the
/ splendid paintings sculptures and cary
ings with which the whole vast structure
is crowded. Amid this maze Of art and
beauty three pictures stand forth beyond
all others. They are Murillos Angel de
la Guarda," in which a glorious seraph
with spreading wings leads little child
by the hand; Murillo's san Antonio, "
representing the saint kneeling in a cell
all the poor details faithfully portrayed
and beyond the long arcade OF a cloister
while above the child Jesus appears
drawn by the power of prayer and de-
| scending through wreaths Of angels. The
third is in the great sacrlsty; ii is the
solemn and awful Deposition from the
Cross" by Pedro de Champana before
which, at his own desire, Murlio was
| buried. During his lifetime the great
master, Murillo. whose heart had no room
! for jealousy. used 10 remain for hours
before the picture Once the sacristan
asked him why he stood gazing there
Said he: Il am waiting till those holy
men have finished their work"
Day after day. when wearied Of ex-
ploring the Cathedral. we go out under
the big crocodile into the Court OF Gran
ges." where the moss grown fountain I'm
which the Moors performed their .ablu-
tons. stiH sparkles IN the sunshine, Di-
recty overhead towers the Glralda-far
| above houses and palaces and the huge
/ cathedral, its color a delicate pink. in
/ crusted all over with Moorish ornamental
| ton. Whatever You may tire OF IN Spain
] 1t will never be this beautiful minareL
| With its history everybody Is familiar
how it was built in the last half OF the
twelfth century. by the Sultan Abul va
sub Yakub. Cor Muezzen-tower. II
rests upon a triangular base. composed Of
all the statues of pagan deities and other
| idolatrOus fragments of antiquity that
could be collected. The tower Is fifty
/ feet square. and the original height was
/ two hundred cubits In 1868 an addition
/ OF richest filigree work was made by the
Fernando Ruiz and now # is so feet from
the pavement 10 the head OF the statue
on top For 81 feet the walls are Of polish
ed blocks of stone: above this the mater
ial is brick, relieved by tracery and ara
besques Of the most eapricious design.
differing on each side, yet so artfuily
combined that one can hardly detect the
variations. The interior is lighted by
double windows, divided by columns Of
alabaster. The name. "Giraids'-from gi-
rar to TURKS given from the figure Of
Faith. on top. which serves as a weather
vane- Though the great bronze female IS
fourteen feet high and weighes nearly
three thousand pounds. she veers with
the slightest breeze; and hence the stand
ing joke in all languages anent the stead
lest Path turning With every wind
that blows. II is easy % ascend 20 the
very top OF the tower. There are no steps
but a series Of inclined planes. up which
one may ride a horscG SO inclined II is
said that many times the xil8 cavaliers of
the spanish court have ridden 70 tine
summit and back again. without dir
mounting-two abreast with Isnces pois-
ed
Nothing can be ulore enchanting than
70 spend morning among the birds At
the ton 81 the Giralda. whore from the
broad embrasurfs you overlook the whole
city. the soft curves o. The Ciuadslquiver
and the sunny plains melting into ame~
thystlne distance on great occasions The
belfry IS Illuminated when IL looks Ike
Al immense chandelier sazpendaS from
the dark vault ~ heaven. The twenty
two bells were al baotized before they
were hung. auo'nted with of aBd chris
tened after the saints The largest -
the lot. called Santa Marta. weighs
eighteen tone But she f. treated n
very undignlaeS manner. befnr fied bot
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