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Show A Duchess' Home. It is expected that the Duchess de Montspensier will make San Linear her principal residence. Her chateau, which is crammed with valuable objects of art, and sumptuously furnished, stands in exquisite gardens, with fountains, lakes, temples and waterfalls, and beyond is a vast and richly wooded park, which is bordered by the Guadalquiver. The Due de Montspensier s home farm is one of the largest and most perfect in Spain. San Lucar, which is one of the most picturesque pic-turesque towns in Andalusia, stands on the estuary of the Guadalquiver, and the surrounding country is very beautiful The town contains the palace of the Duke of Medina-Sidonia, a very fine old church and a number of convents. Columbus Co-lumbus sailed from San Lucar when he started on his third voyage to America in 1498. London World. |