THE SPANISH CATHEDRALS.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3147, 20 March 1879, Page 1

THE SPANISH CATHEDRALS.

oThe one great point of iijtereß>>iii Oordpya is the Moorish mosque^ commenocd in 77*0 on the side of an old^R^nianliatnedral. On .entering jthe «ffeot is very strange, impossible to describe—ss6 feet by 394—and;this vast space; i*enolosed by walls from thirty toisixtj^ieett.high ancl; six^ feet in .thicknefis^rrJmMense numbers; of v columns* oft vataAiaarble, mostly porphyry and jasper, support the ceiling. It is thus dindedlinto nineteen principal rtavesftaTer^edsbyiliirty^Bix narrow aisles. 5 It ;seems like;'« great forest of 'marTjle '• tteef. Oi W* 1 of the columns, is the crucifixion .of" !iHi 'Satiour, cut in witH tbe fi(pger nail of a priidner while?lie wis'^liaine^^^^a^The fine/doubler.^ponß.^i^e^/'||r|dfging between the pjllaw }j . afla; if ]hJM^ifully interlaced;, like..,, .rjb^ons, , 9 () if ith the exquisite lattice-work, mak« r a,won« derfully beautiful ■oene»,,Th«iV>w»ess of the ceiling adds.to ithegraitiwidth until one seems loatl and^caa havdly realize it is indeed a Kof« >worship. In 1238 this Mosque wii^cdnrertedJinto a Cliristinnchnrchandiindwutedassucb. At Seville there ,is much to T1 interest. The great cathedral is said to be the finest in Spain. It is rery luve^and ha 9 a solemn appearance, .eTep r wre v thari any jp<ib§rJ^aT,ejjen. w^iWleß^ t6||terin({ the d^TislhTtbmFbT^«iSi3o^^ of Columbus, flow «maH the ships which are on it seem for the mighty journey across the sea. la one of the chapels is the large and beautiful ptintfoft, "San Antonio," by Murillo. T^~^ nfteling figure of the samtHwAs out o^t'^nrl^yi by an American and a Span^dan^ carried to New; Yew Yo>?k, where ;it, w wa? t found and finally restored. Our 7 gui,4e riaid: "The Americftnsare a great wiople.J' I thought so.—Clefeland. Plain Dealer.