The Tourist In Spain, Andalusia (1836) + nemokamas atvežimas! | knygos.lt

Aprašymas

Excerpt: ... himself master of Carmona* and Seville, and having re-established the authority of his father, he pressed forward to give battle to the insurgents. The action was one of the most fiercely contested upon record, the veteran Moslems from Xeres, Arcos, Sidonia, Cordova, Ecija, and Seville, being equally matched in the bloody field. The rival brothers were both consummate generals, and as their dense masses closed in the deadly shock with their old terrific war-cry, nor again divided till the ground lay cumbered with heaps of slain, the wretched father seemed to feel the weight of the good Hacen's curse, and to behold his spirit exciting the furies of paternal dis * Carmona is still a town of some extent, situated on the summit of a hill about midway between Cordova and Seville, and six leagues from the latter town. Its appearance in the midst of an extensive plain, and the picturesque ruins of its Moorish castle, produce a striking effect in whatever direction you approach it. It is remarkable for the number of its Roman and Moorish remains; the gate of Carmona is a monument of the massy workmanship of its Roman colonists. It is thought to be of the time of Trajan; and in some parts it has been injudiciously repaired in the modern style. Portions of the external wall are also in tolerable preservation, being constructed of large square blocks of hewn stone, differing from that of most other Spanish towns. They are formed of tapia, a composition of clay, mortar, and gravel. Among other antiquities there has survived, moreover, a small but very beautiful Roman temple. Carmona commands a view of extensive plains covered with olive-trees, and producing abundance of wheat of the best quality. The modern town is pleasant and lively, but the eye...