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Granada.
Edifices.
rrnon Spanifla, but rappee,das.k was foun^that theJatter was fmuggled
'from France. ,ÿThe -tohaçqo -.employs;, 2 20 ;> manufacturer s, who -are
ftridtly examined and. guarded, g Jpæp|gSf| efleemed£ the clijef city of
, Sjpaui, Madrid bçing only a fcoe ç diftinguiflied.hy tbe?royal;r^dfençe^ -.
Mùrcia, the capital of. the proviso? fo eallçd, isK$f cbiîfiderable, account,
and fitu.ated in one of the moft beautiful »vales in Spaim$suThe
inhàbifâtîtfî are computed at about->8a,000, , more probably 60,000.
.There is a beautiful bridge'Over the Segura ; -and the* cathedral is lofty,
but cannot bôaft of internal opulence or beauty« ! i
G ra n a d a has been long celebrated as th e paradife o f S pa in, th o u g h
the fouthern provinces be in general unhealthy. Thys city;ftands in a.
vafe bounded b y hills, beyond which to-tfie-fouth is th eS ie rk -fe lev ad a ,
-fp'called h é ^ a u fe th e mountains are ■ centered with perpetual* ftfa v t.
T h e in h ab itan ts fuppofed to b e -SojOdOf;! the Mo'orifh 'palace ’heredias
'.been already; defcribed and adjoining is a- palace"’ ere£fcfed*by Chai les', V . .
T h é -cathedral aikLconvents contain excellent pi&uresj'by'Spanifh maf-
ters. T h e municipal g o vernment is I n a» cprrçgidpr, andltw en ty -fau r
regidors. g T h e re are beautiful public walks ; and“ thmbnviroiis..are delightful
and well cultivated.*
T h e moft remarkable edifices o f Spain are th e cathedrals ofitbedeVe-
- ral fees, an d the churches belonging to opulent-convents«'- T h e -houfes
o f th e nobility are confined, with few exceptions, to; the ;c'apkal-and
mher cities; inftëad o f adorning the- country a t -fa# g ê a srn ^Englhid1.
T h i s circuinfianceJh ow e v e r tends, in Spain and Italy, to îm p h fs^ a
« ran g e r with erroneous ideas concerning the abundance o f works* o f
a rt in thefe céuntries ; while the fé em in g 'opulence a rife sn n g r e a t p i t
: t ' Ï É & A X * . B u t the population o f M adrid and Barcelona is far fuperior. '
10 Townfend iii Xto» " ■ > *1 iri> -dyj)r r.
.» A d ^ U r V c a U e d from a Moorifh or A ra b ic ° f
Tank who conducted the Moors into Spain, Hands on the weft fide H rocky,mountain, called
calpe -by tbdancicnts : and to the weft of the town is * large bay. ' In r ^ ' W takery from
fbeMnor* • ind in 1704 fell into, the hands of the Englifh The fiege during the American war
s offrelh and celebrated memory. The inhabitants of the town are'about 5000 ; and the gard
en 'g en e ra lly amounts to as many. The number' and: ftrength o f the military works, and the
,aft naileries opened in the calcareous rock, excite admiral,on. There jS a ftalaftmc cave,
that of St . Michael ; and bones are found in the rock, which feem to have fallen into the cavit.es,
where they are enveloped in the exuding petrifaftion. The fortrefs, in the opinion of moft.mih-
jury men, is abfolutely impregnable. f r o m
from 'their' being .concentrated in. particular fpots, infteadiof being dif- EdAVceV.
fufed in diftant villas. T h e palace and monaftery b f th e Efcufial have
been defcribed a t , g re a t1 length .fey: many travellers; I t is* feated in a
deep recefs, at .the fo o t idf. high, ixiount'ams's^^Sd, wasiblitill; by* th a t bigot **
Philip I I in the Arrange fomy, of>,a grisdirbr^ * the in k ru ra en t o f th e ma r-
ty rd om 6’f S f« -E a ^ ^ i.ce ^ tJpDn,-^iofe iaQni^er^aryjrlih« Spaniards gained
the v ifto ry o f St. Q u in tin , | The. convent .is ^ i|o ffee t by 0 o ; and the
, palace forms the handle o f this -j^^ina^yig^^cliron.’,- Tjhe- pain-tings-
are excellent and numerous; and the v au lt cp5it^umg’th^>foy'al\ombs ’
^ " g c a n d 'a n d impreffife'i* B u h t l e f l^ f p e s 'b lj^ a ^ u g z ap d -fit. Ildeiayfo
'“are 'greater favorites' with the court. . T h& ^ a rd e n s . offitlie former,
watered; by the; Thjo,-.are laid out in .a, jujh and ..natural tafte. , St. Ilde-
fonfo is a fummer refidence, expofed to .tbe-north ; and being built on
‘a rocky foil is computed to h ||§ | coft mUji^s^ajud a ^h alffte rlin g .
'T h e Pard®, another palhee, ftands M^th^jm^dsijr q£ a lle g e fpreft.
Colonies proved th e ;-ruih h i Athens^,gncP, the .attention paid- to ,
foreigtf glomes! is always demin.ep|:.al;tQ the parei>t,ftate., T h y pgl& cal
axiom' m a y -in o u jytflly ibip; applied • to- Spaip, which rhas’iu, fa^tfjbppn
exhaufjed and.jmp.Q^^ifhed.by^ grand and; xiQh_«lcmi£S. I f epee the
natural ad v ant a ge eff; th ? ,g oy ipr-y ha^eL^ b ^ r i "Ta<uifihud-'to. cosniperpiai
fp e l«m k© n s :a n d the; mifer,fi^ryes amid« ac/mmyl^e(Irj v ^ l th . r , Th,e
inland navigations o f Spain, though commenced, upon united principles ioian(j
o f grandeur and utility, had been peEmstted i , ^ ' r p « A
» ;m t ,-^01^66^2 a n d . th e flow paeafyres^pf th ^ p ^ u rt^ ra th e r than by
, i^ o jg n g e 0 ^ th e an4 . l a ^ o j ^ s ^ T ^ ^ ^ r e a t ,p a p k l
o f Arraspn ^ems(^o.[r,prnain' in .a , fUtpiof ^ng^fedtipn, tj^ougji.jyfei^re"
told Che, EJbrOf Jj0wards>1^2!vari;e,
pnd .have beep a tten d ed wij.hj tlje mn«-peneficialponfequepGes.TufCftne' ’
p f thele. cdp^ls. is c o n d u ^ p d 1 .oyer, tlje iyalley -ofj Riojalou, "byf jpn.;aque-
(ly<k bridge qf^y ia fathqm .indength^'hut pnjyj.iy feet .triple at the J>afe.
A nothe r canal was; to, h q g in at; Segovia, or about 4 0 miles N. o f Madrid,
thence to extend, to the bay o f B-ifcay..: This is termed the|hdnal
o f CaTtiUe. The, canal o f Guadarama vvas conducted with more fpirit,
and is probably completed. i,I t rwas to opep near,,,the Efcurial, and
<3 Phillips, 6y ,
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