This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...of the Moors, from whom it was finally captured in 1238 by Don Jaime. It was enlarged and embellished by Pedro IV. of Arragon. It was taken in 1812 by the French under Suchet, who held it till June, 1813. The word manzana, so frequently used at Valencia, signifies an assemblage of houses bounded on ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...of the Moors, from whom it was finally captured in 1238 by Don Jaime. It was enlarged and embellished by Pedro IV. of Arragon. It was taken in 1812 by the French under Suchet, who held it till June, 1813. The word manzana, so frequently used at Valencia, signifies an assemblage of houses bounded on every side by a street. Sights.--A Cathedral, called El Seo, "The See," laid to have been built on the site of a temple to Diana. It was begun in 1262, and extended in 1482; the original architecture was Gothie, but it has since been much altered and mixed up with Grecian styles. Its octangular Gothic tower, called El Miguelete (in Valencia, Micalet), is 162 feet high, mad commands magnificent views of the huerta, or surrounding plain. It has three principal doors, the most notable, called del Miguelete, from being at the side of the tower, fronts the Calle de Zaragoza: it is small, consists of a single round arch, and is closed with a verge of iron; the facade is narrow, of a convex figure, and of three storeys; in the first are three Corinthian columns at each side of the door, between them two niches, with statues of San Pedro Pascual and Santo Tomas de Villanueva; and above the arch of the entrance is a basso-relief, representing Mary, with glory of angels and other decorations; the second storey has four columns of the same order; in the intercolumniation of the centre is a window, and in the laterals the statues of San Vicente Ferrer, San Luis Bertran, San Lorenzo, and San Vicente Martyr; in the centre of the third storey is an Assumption in demi relief, and two medallions at the sides, terminated with a eross above a globe of gilt bronze. The other doors are called de los Apostoles and del Patau. The first, which faces the...
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