The Republican journal., 1900-06-21
= pr1lG1ous HEART OF SPAIN.

Jurisprudence Oh lie oo'llliai.l
.., ~gNN, May 20, 1900. If |
-,.. j book on CathedralS, |
.rmpted to initiate Senior
....r ot celebrated work on
-u.fn. who devoted exactly half
.-l pages to the cathedral OF
.4-trlaT pronomceS 1t the
,prcimen of ecclesiastical
... u existence. Certainly it
....,~. sight" in this ancient |
I'D architectural wonders
.. prautitul example of the
flieStly builders who blent |
rriigious emotions. all to
.r t,nl as Wagner intensi-
$751;: ..,.r of hs music by means
.. ld scenic accessories.
..< hundred years in build
Y,u cathedral absorbed the
Several reigns and the rents |
.oldjtliest Seers in Spain. |
If-r generation its slow
we're watched by the |
$685.. Nerr born, grew Old and |
ue iahor to their children.
... aud carried it ON, until |
luv tu 20 "the way OF all |
flyu their children. and |
......- .dleu. carried it along: so |
last it stood complete. |
rot one king, OF one age,
creations. 1t occupies the
tGrHl which existed before
rt the Moors. Indeed. |
.. that the first church was |
I.- file lie time of Virgin |
at she worshipped here
up. makes it the Oldest |
..... uriStrndom. At any rate,
..ait.. nuch-venerated slab near |
. may be seen the mark of |
.. -au. which is said to be foot
Virgin herself 1t is not |
...... that some temple stood |
..- -tute Mary's day, since the |
a.IH- the birth of Christ by |
t.:-- centuries. Ancient his |
Tat Marius Fulvius took"
lhe MoorS turned the old |
-.tu q mosque, and occupied it |
If, Worship of Allah about four |
". .ealS. When they were con
tAp ~paniards, AlonZo VI. |
his solemn promise that they |
lH II UMdlSturbed. Not long |
t.. I.~ l.t King had occasion to |
Ul In his temporary alb
.utrJp the Archbishop, back |
4trl. who was native OF |
aum,tli seized the mosque, i
ruc Noors, and reconstruct
Girdral. When the King |
ROYAL word had been |
'iN4NtU 10 oltUO III Il |
-0. swearing that Ne would |
sake both Queen and |
Irliug INTO the city. he met a
.-'rs and called out to them |
F had been done to him
vi ~olelnuly given his oath,
n Them. and that their
60 u.ul Jt preserved. The wise
.eleI persuaded him to let |
hm from his oath:
-'- The chronicler." The |
' joy and the matter end
oM building was pulled
.etr ~, during the reign
.Hndo Ill.,. that great de
Que>. who. himself. laid |
'"ue ut the new structure. |
rWe up to the nth century |
flatrratious were constant
ldc, Padillas mob plumber
NI again it was sacked in |
NulrfS under General La
'le same who looted the !
rtlOIs TO this. it must have
irl ulnt of wealth and art.
r.lA. centuries all the fore
Vt the world had been en-
-r richest prelates of Spain
cathedral the worthy seat
hlIch vet ranks second in
1tholic hierarchy. Here.
-'~ and Leon, the pope and
atH We're canons, and the
Always fined two thousand
t non-attendance in choir
at- But alas. Times have
SPAIN and the power of
adly waned. Most of the
nave been suppressed:
nmate is still second in dig
i -ue King, nobody falls on
Ass the ring upon his hand,
tudtuls of people, mostly
truM divine service. Could
.."s" proportional fines, in these
'r spanish Catholics who fail
Wueh, he would soon become
-ai uau in the world.
.1'-slble to get a good exterior
tt cathedral, because it is
'..'a #. an all sides by network
winding alleys. so that it has
.rNe to give the proper effect,
.. IFS walls one can have little
'al majesty The figures of
plan 395 feet long by l2s