New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-11
SPANS BEAUTY BE-: CITY.
Gl'mpses Of Barcelona, Hotbed Of
the Present Revolution.
DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS

Has Its Old and New Quarters, ar
Ancient History and Beautiful Build.
inss-spain's. Most Important Com.
mereia' and Industrial Town.
Barcelona, where the present dis.
content of the people throughout Spain
over the continuation of the fighting
against the Moors at Melilla, in Moroc-
CO. recently assumed the character of
civil war, is the capital of the captain
generally Of Catalonia as we'll as the
most important commercial and indus
tx1al town in Spain. 1t is on an I'M
0ulatlng plain on the shore of the Med
aoerranean, In about the same latitude
as Rome. On the southeast rise the
Montjuich hills, crowned by fortifca-
lions; on the three other sides of the
plain stretches picturesque mountain
background. The suburbs are a series
OF cultivated semitropical gardens,
and beyond the plain is dotted with
villages and farms and intersected
with beautiful streams Don Quixote
described the city as unique both in
beauty and situation,' and even in
modern days, when the smoke of fac
tory chimneys takes away some Of the
1ormer picturesqueness, it ranks as
one of the most attractive Of Mediter-
ranean towns.
Barcelona has population Of
100000, counting the old and new
towns together. The houses of the
new town are largely built of hewn
stone, which make an imposing ap-
pearance, and the streets are laid out
very regularly. The busy life of the
city centers in the Rambla, charm
Ing promenade which unites the old
town with the new and along which
are the principal theaters, shops and
cafes and where the pretty flower
girls display their wares under the
shade of the plane trees.
City of Two Parts. 49,
The old city was formerly surround
ed by line of ramparts defended by
q citadel on the northeast erected by
Philip ", but as these Notifications
restricted the development of the town
they were abolished by the local au-
thorities in 1916 despite the opposition
OF the central government. The walls
Of the moat were turned into cellars,
and the ground was laid out in gar
dens. The city rapidly spread out to
the northwest, and in 1850 an elabo-
rate plan was made for laying out new
districts. Thus the town is divided
INTO old and new, the old interesting
for it's irregular, narrow streets and it's
houses, built in eastern fashion, chief
" Of brick, four to FIVE stories in
height, with fiat roofs. w. 49, ~va Il
Old Barcelona forms a hexagon, on
the southeast side OF which lies the
Aarbor. On the highest point of the
town, the Monte Taber stands the
cathedral, one Of the finest specimens
Of Spanish Gothic architecture. 1t is
on a site once occupied by Roman
temple and sater by a Moorish mosque.
The building of the cathedral was be-
gun in 1898, and the keystone Of the
yaulting was laid by Andres Escuder
In 144S. The scale is not large, but
the arrangement and lighting are so
ane that the impression of great size
northeast doorway are two inscriptions
relating to the building Of the church.
Magnificent Sunset Effects.
The interior of the cathedral is very
dark, but impressive. The small win
dows contain the finest fifteenth cen
fury stained glass, and the sunset eff
fects upon them are magnificent One
of the most interesting Of the chapeis
as that of Santo Cristi de Lepanto,
which contains the "Christ Of Lepan-
to- said to have been carried by Don
John of Austria in his flagship at the
famous battle of Oct. 6, 1871. The
Image Of the Saviour is said to be
bending it's head to escape Turkish
bullet.
A number Of interesting buildings
are grouped near the cathedral. The
Canonjia (canonry) dates from the ff.
teenth century, and on the back wall is
a mural painting of "The Last Supper
The shoemakers' guild house is an ex-
ample of sixteenth century renais.
sance. Not far off stands the palacio
episcopal, which dates from 926
though rebuilt since then. It contains
some Romanesque remains, and one of
it's gateways is partly of Roman work.
manship.
The City's Mythical Founder.
In the Gale del Paradis behind the
cathedral are buried three Corinthian
columns fifty feet in height which are
probably the remains of the portico of
a Roman temple, described by legend
as dedicated to Hercules, the mythical
founder of Barcelona. The general
archive, erected for Charles ", is an
interesting Gothic structure containing
about 100000 documents, and the
Provincial museum, too, is worthy OF
note.
Barcelona's place in the commercial
history Of Spain is one of pre-emi
nence. In the twelfth and thirteenth