This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...Cathedral, as to which Mr. Street says: ' This is certainly one of the most noble and interesting churches I have seen in Spain. It is one of a class of which I have seen others upon a somewhat smaller scale (as, e.g., the Cathedrals of Lerida and Tudela), and which appears to me, after much study of old ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ...Cathedral, as to which Mr. Street says: ' This is certainly one of the most noble and interesting churches I have seen in Spain. It is one of a class of which I have seen others upon a somewhat smaller scale (as, e.g., the Cathedrals of Lerida and Tudela), and which appears to me, after much study of old buildings in most parts of Europe, to afford one of the finest types, from every point of view, that it is possible to find. It produces, in a very marked degree, an extremely impressive internal effect, without being on an exaggerated scale, and combines in the happiest fashion the greatest solidity of construction with a lavish display of ornaments in some parts, to which it is hard to find a parallel.' We left Valencia at half an hour after noon, and reached Tarragona at half-past eight in the evening. The railway mainly skirts the sea, and the traveller has many charming views of the coast. Castellon, where there is a buffet, is reached about half-past two. It is noted for its picturesque costumes; and here the painter, Francisco Ribalta, was born. This is the spot to embark at in order to visit the group of small volcanic islands--the Columbretes--so called from certain snakes once there found, but which seem to have fallen a sacrifice to the indiscriminating voracity of pigs, which had been introduced by the lighthouse-keepers. At Alcala there is a fine church-tower, and opposite it a noticeable castle. Three miles to the east of the next station (Benicarlo) is a miniature Gibraltar, only connected with the mainland by a narrow strip of sand. It was at this place that Pope Benedict xm. took refuge after his censure by the Council of Constance. At Vinarez the rail quits the sea, and so avoids the agueish swamps of the delta of the Ebro, but...
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