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Show THE CSCUniAL. Knm of tba VXnfi.ert of lh. rlraal I alaw. r Hi apanlth King. Tho naourial, tbo tuilnco of tho Pimnlali kluir lina liwn tcniiril llio clglitli iviinilrrof UiouurM rilltuikal twenty fio luiliii (i tlia uortlin it of JInliU. ami ntatr the lop of n innmi tain it lina n cumin inilinff iwitlon nml tnaj txiaeen for mnny iniliaj lr oviry illruollon IVfriiii by I'lillip 11 In 1W.1, It waa UnUlirtl in IMKl nt nn OTtluinteil cent oxivtallng W Oou.DJKI. It vtoj Imllt to fulfill ii iiw tnatlo It 1'lilllp It Hint If miwcmful In tattle w llll tlio li licit lie woulil cixi t tht tnont inngtiiCu.ut luonaatcry lu the world Tlio lutttls of Gt CJiitnlln nan fmijjlit on Aug 10, 1137. tlio fttut of Ht, IaiwrenttJ. nml tlio inotiiuiti'ry InilMiugs unnmr ncrtl In ftilllllnietii of tlio tow took, In honor of BL Uwr fonoo tho form of n crritllmn na u-i thla implement tli.anlnt iaroportot. to hivo NitTrml martTilom BtM n tin nuifCM of hnlltlitiKK, rrtewln rtiihothtrnt right nngloa, fonn tin rilM of tho gridiron, i lillo n ipuul rniiKtilnr xtmcture, onitlclily In tloalnK tho Interior luillilintri' fonn-tlio fonn-tlio otiti r portion nml a wing 40 1-' t lonir i the hitmllo. Tlio alio of tho 1ulMing la rnor inona, LUni: 740 fett from nortli to south nml IWtl from nut to went the luUro towent nt uaih corner tiro SIX) feet high Within thl mouatroua atrurturu aro coiitniiinl tho Una Iitlitco, n cnlhwlml, n monnatcry of WO tvlla, t o cnllegr, threo thupter liouK, threo llbniry bullilintert, lite lnriro hull, alt ilormilorint, tlmr lioaliltala throo llbrarioa ami ncnrl) 3,uw other rooms. It 1. cntrrul hy firtcen (,-niit Katoei nnJ lurhtoil hy 1,110 outer nml l,7r) Inner wlmlomt, Tlio I.Tait church is nn imltntlon of ht retiraiit Kome, nml rwmo IJea of the) ktructuru of which It 1- a lart tiuy lu (ntliiml from Iho infurinutlnn Hint tho church to 301 fett long, I'JO m-ro-M tlio trnnaopb-; tho ilomo la 330 foot high thcro nro forty tiiaiiela In ita intc rior, antl tho Rnuul nltnr i 00 feet hlrfh nml to wllo. UnJir iienth tho nlUr la n Imrial Miult, hero nit tho Hups of K;uln aineo Cliirloa V Imto lax.n 1 iil Ilullt In Iho titno of f-piln'A glorj', tho D curi.il remalna tho most atriliiiiu, monument of Bpauiah wmiltlt nml power bt IiouUUlobo-IXiiKK.raL |
