Excerpt from Some Account of Gothic, Vol. 2: Architecture in Spain As we went into Valencia we passed on the right the enor mous new Plaza de Toros, said to be the finest in Spain. Rail roads will, I suppose, rather tend to develop the national love for this institution, and this theatre must have been built with some such impression, for otherwise it is difficult to believe that a city of a hundred and twenty thousand inhabitants could build a theatre capable Of containing about a tenth of the whole population! The ...
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Excerpt from Some Account of Gothic, Vol. 2: Architecture in Spain As we went into Valencia we passed on the right the enor mous new Plaza de Toros, said to be the finest in Spain. Rail roads will, I suppose, rather tend to develop the national love for this institution, and this theatre must have been built with some such impression, for otherwise it is difficult to believe that a city of a hundred and twenty thousand inhabitants could build a theatre capable Of containing about a tenth of the whole population! The national vehicle Of Valencia is the tartana, a covered cart on two wheels, with a slight attempt only at springs, and ren dered gay by the crimson curtains which are hung across the front. Jumping into one of these, we soon found ourselves at the excellent Fonda del Cid, whose title reminds us that we are on Classic ground in this City of Valencia del Cid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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