Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-12

magnificent hair ana perform various
maternal offices for their half.naked
| offspring.
Looking at the heavy masonry OF
| ooI"sossas remarkably solid old man
s.ons you understand how the city Waa
suaol.u 20 deiy thg French during two
ni,uoIoDle sleges, Most elegant Of them
an 10 me Iaporte palace built in the
ge4r io'V by wealthy Itallanmerchant.
~ " IN the richest cInQuecente style,
WIN magnificent stalrcases and groups
ol musicians sculptured In lis roof. The
PHuo plllafs are beautifully carved from
ogse 10 capital. aud the gallery Is
adorned with medallion portraits and
,piSs-ieilets representing the labors OF
Then there Is the Tore Nuevo, a won
ueiIul leaning tower. which rivals the
famous Campanlle az Pisa. italy.
Doubtless this was Intended 10 be
straight ana got ont OF plumb through
some iault Of the builder. but OF course
local tradition ascrlbes IT'S slant 10 a
miracle IN which the tutelar deity OF
lhe city was mysterously concerned.
was erected In the very beginning Of
lne sixteenth century, octagonal IN
sH'pe. the FACE OF the walls curiously
pdhcIled IN brick work. There Is a clock
t"o-lhlrds Of the way up. bell
on top ana a chime In the belfry
Vu one eide a great pile Of ma
s'hIy mas been added. 20 prevent the
lower from slantIng any more lts sum
I"|' Us already some twelve feet out Of
leipendicuIar-quIte enough 20 give the
adventurous climber "a turn" when he
l'oks down into the square below.
You should by an means take cab
snd a l0ltlng ride OF half "a mile be-
Eonl the city walls, over the toughest
touhIe-stOnT You ever encountered
OUT to La Aljaferia, the ancient palace
OF the Moorish Sheckhs, and afterwards
OF the kings Of Arag0n At one time 10
became the seat % the inqulsItion. when
thai Fearful tribunal ruled in Europe.
ana the castle which surrounds 10 is
now one OF the most important arsonals
of the spanish government. aoc0mmo-
daunH % numerous garrison and fur
hishtl with arms for nifty thousand
men. Like other Saraceu
EDlFICEs IN SPAIN.
THE has been so frequently Improved"
90 with paint and WhteWash that lit
tle Of its original character remains.
only the Mosque of the Sutans. with
lis delicate aIabastor columns and
horseshoe arches. has escaped the van
DIAL brush Some finely carved aud Gid
cd ceilings are tracoabIr 90 the thir-
teenih century and one great room is
sdld 90 have been 0ycrl1iJ with the first
gold which Columbus brought from
America, The "Bau OF the Throne"
completed boy Ferdinand and Isabella.
is surmounted by wooden dome.
carved by the most sklful Arab artists
Of The time. Somewhere within the
gloomy walls OF Aliafcr.a castle Is the
ver.table dungeon in which the unhap-
py lover Of Lc1uJrl the heroine Of II
Troyatore languished In confinement.
Ot the seventy odd converts that
nourshed IN Saragossa, IN the days
when Ouo-lfth OF SPANS population
were monks and frars-only two re-
main that are worth visiting Santo
Domngo-an immense edihce, aban-
doned and fast falling TO decay
is interesting as being the first religious
ediilce with funds acquired from the
discovery ~ the New World Santa
EngraCla convent was built by Charles
v about four hundred years ago. It's
special shoW-pl9ce Is a curious subter-
ranean chapel, filed 10 the brim with
bone ana sacred relies Rows OF mar.
bic sarcOphagi covered with grotesque
carvings line the crypt, and in them
are preserved the ashes Of Christian
martyrs who were put 20 death by
Dlocletian. The guide gravely informed
US that on certain fiesta days these