The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-02-22
SEVILLE.

t.r.s,ous Palace and Murderous Pastimes.
-.eeIal Correspondence of The Journal
SEVILLE, SPAIN, Jan. II, 1900.
"QuIen no ha visto Sevila
Ne ha vistO maraveila"-
-..ulng that he who mas not seen Seville
ref ,sed seeing IA wonder-is a proverb
IN It's citizens delight in. The same
m at be. tluthfully said of other Spanish
dies. to. ,nis Anda,usiaa Capital differs
.rlu he rest, with warmth and gaiety
- peculiarly its own, and Astounding
nniscences of the noble and cultured
ST. .fs. hose palaces and villas were I'M
ose in any other part of the world.
-.a ely, in which they gathered all
sralth could buy or fashion design,
very win. It's splendid mosques
DIVIDED with worshippers of the
t,. when from the lofty Gerald
zen called the faithful to prayer;
I.1is We're thronged with eager
MS IA science and the arts; and in
lDus Alcazar-( Al -kasr. blouse
~u, j were gathered the statesmen,
aud cOurtiers of great and pow
upe All this began in the eighth
and ended more than two hun
AIS before the Western world was
red; but many of the Moorish
are still intact and the glories of
past period have left an indeli-
.rrsSon upon the whole region of
alquivir.
ong before the day of the Moors
Was old and gray, its foundations
been laid in the morning twilight
oly by Hercules himself If any
ubts the tradition, he may be re-
4 by reading quaint inscription
lboNe one of the city gates, which
- that Hercules was the founder,
nj Julius Caesar captured it from
4Ithagenians more than half a CEN
rtore Christ was born. We know
much of the wealth for which Tyre
don were renowned was derived
he region of the Baetica - the
.t't4uiyir of today-a land of prom
specially protected by the gods and
t.lel by men. Its marvels figured
nently in classic mythology, as re-
rt Homer, Herodotus, Cicero and
Hs 1t was on the island of Juno,
member near the rivers mouth,
niles or SO below this point, where
pastured his tiocks. The chief
laetica, which the Carthagenians
~rphelia and the Romans Hispalis,
..mt A rich and powerful Capital under
Caesa1 who changed its name to
w.. ~mnla, in grateful recognition of
o uuIng lis wars with Pompey. it
ile seat Of the froeonsul and the
..it residence of the provincial nobil
Three Roman emperors were born
Trojan, Adrian and Theodosius
foot of the olive covered hills, five
sway, Scipio built a splendid pleas
t., with spacious amphitheatre
Auy sumptdous residences. Like
man cities in Spain, the ruins of
ave served as a quarry for genera
subsequent builders. Scipio's am
le may be clearly traced, though
and those of adjacent palaces
make 4 modern break water in the
quyir, to furnish building mater
me- -hboring converts, and even to
,Ae streets of Seville. Many of the
aud statues of Caesar time now
he spanish museums and the pal
pt glaudees, and the very pavements
Aalk upon to day may have been trod-
the noblest Roman Of them alp
Ut ancient city. A portion of the
le stone walls which Julius Caesar
around his capital are yet standing.
ended by barbicans and thanking tow
hey l0Ok as formidable as when they
W., the attacks of barbarians, though
Ny the storms and wars of twenty
lH.orIos,
81 n the walls, however, that to- day
aud Seville, are of Moslem building,
* OF eight miles in circuit pierced
cen enormous gatewaYs, and sur
uted by sixty six watch towers. In
,ys Of the Caliphs there were 100 of
Inaint towers; but when the Holy
saint ferdinand" drove out the in
IN the year l24S), the rest were de-
-hec. In this dry climate the pass
INJURIES have made little impression
4 ths old Moorish houses, which are
lie best in Seville. The Moors, by
way, discarding the Roman name, I'M
t1-uPk to resume its remote Chaldean
r Nephelia, but in their harsher tongue
f-Ieged it Sibidia; which has been cor
plti to the present name, pronounced
' tle Spaniards, Sab veel-yah. Fully
'l he city preserves its ancient charac :
'r' hut-sad to say-changes are taking
7at very year. The narrow, winding,
' 5azard streets, completely over
tuFwed by spacious mansions with am
"urts and gardens, SO admirably
AIei to the summer climate of this
Ern Of spain as the section is called,
"wly, but alas. too surely, giving