| Show 1 rr t c RAMBLINGS AROUND CORDOVA G I of Rom loman and Arabian A Strange f of the Caliphs the Forgotten Capital rand d Spanish In w w w w wI Cl th 1 1 tt t L n t I Karch devote more than t 1 r r a n capital e f 11 eve evel it tn In be b bL I any L nl hurtled f Is S I ta and andI s L I I TIle The a 8 grav 11 th the I 1 11 I r re Ii I 1 It y r x wit wi In ro ra I 1 1 I I rh 11 It II I JIll III IIII t eel I 1 trait III tt II by I I il I II h may leI gel r 1 1 hilt II but butti 1 ti II II I tI It of f 14 t I f char 1111 Ih and po poI I I y 1 W I f dl di any L I I t of l tae 14 chorine oi 01 III tae Ira III 1 IF a ti I I 1 until lea hi I II I to III lf err a lIa ay ayr I II tired tire I IJ I r Ut I Is I rind J wit 11 II LII It nt J ure r 1 I aCt Its m II un L the i and tuft r r CI I I I I L I II than t d a lb Ili 1 I I III u a r there i j tt jL c 1 deal lal to t tIn litre In I 1 I 1111 with l f Vt Cly I y dy day dayi i the t t l I tuda Ii that call cal callI calI I LII i I 4 I nal rev r I e 1 I II uM II av r an SO eo IJ Uit II as Ii the viii 1 g I I sr yr ul and I 1 II i i f tf d t I I Jn One lOOn Boon I b I I I 11 lri nil I to tit th 1 r f 1 a ti tb 1 unI rare to ft I Ie e Y I Nty W yoga r I ani anih t h t hip hi h I II 11 taLks t r eti en I r r 1 ally I r the delay By Byl fa Cd r Why way w Iq ill I 1 ones I It l a ii r r n Ill ren nb ring that rail rails muleteers Shigeo s v n III W A nr erg I t I a watt walt Ind ly and that t I p a I II gag cent fly any flyt t t n Ir the Ihl hour hou la III to make makeI tit th IT If Walt wall I nc longer ut the I Ib r r ml lIf u the It ItIn In n n s II unit Cordova hi he hib i b 11 c omIN un nw n w old oh ob ohI I j s r f lOt of are aren aren n t rr d In Ir any gullo gut le ook To Tog out ot of III II g 1 t udal tit IU J Ilse should r g the p 1 qa w lr atly In the Ule on the plc pic c t su bridge th iii t roea I i a tho th or of but which le II ler III i r Its h Irl ot of the Caliphs Caliph of I I I I spend the Ole hot bot day hours inthe In Inthe the lr of the great t tI I n siu or the tool and odorous Court ot of otI I I L ant and enjoy enJo all an drive or orI j I In on one ot of the plazas Thet The ot of their proud t I e are arp extremely 1 lad Ie with abundant r a n tIr there le I not another ilk It 3 m Im the h ra or of the earth The arms d f r dIy Ity IL a bridle bridge placed on water a t I It Never wu was a queerer II r Il n t r Roman and Arabian styles buttressed Hd I I us rte sixteen Irregular 11 1 hta and huge hUlle MOORISH J I ling ng through a tower which bleb Will was wass s J part d r I the he city ruins ruin ot of oti 1 i lUll bridge serving as a aI at I t ur n tear fr the superstructure of oft tr t I I erected A D At rr rn Ir r It is II the lh gypsy quarter I 1 tt It t uni un or of rob robbers n anI anti I I ot every grad IraI at the thea 1 r the historic t castle of a 1 ta fur r ate It I Important part In 11 the rf f by Pedro of by standing out conspicuously inthe In InI I the nosy river are the rul ruins of II m MJ rl 11 mills mill with open hone hole honen I n rh ph al 31 and Um J 1 n I tle a colossal colO statue of St h i 8 the Ih arch angel who Is II believed t DI be b be 1 Ical l or of Cordova If Ind d the on May 18 I x in n a mat to toI un I d Andrea Ace Aoe I 1 I 1 In curse lIf nr f tb the an angel rei an ant ann t n in i jIM his In these theM worde WO b ear 01 c I d upon the column Yo to te jury par Ir Jesu Cristo tl E y angel a Dice r tG It ri re iu vt par guarda de eMe te I III inK ran an he be more entertaining 1 than the tho early Carty morning scenes een upon UllOn I J 1 a s t hugs hu hul l 1 wn an gatay or of the Arabs Arabe a as an ar art t I 11 14 for the groups of leased 11 d II who have to lo toe lot e It t with 1111 theIr hair mea while their bur crust rr b ing clor Lr fy by tax taxI r I I 11 the cv c v An equal r Of r f r mules mule l 1 flowing r nU tl ward I 11 beer bf I c It at the thet t Ii acts t tir I L r I r n n and Ind ii fan hn I Uh KW ee I lOr t v I I a imp II hour hourI r I with end s 1111 I Inq 0 1 I I the I l J re IC I are out In f II I if a ragged 1 I Ik a tS VI n II nt j t ilS no f Ii a sane Is II Coro t n lII IM r rI I 1 and I r ii 11 c in 11 and h h ilia l r I Ind 1111 fro end r I 1 IL I nor 01 real I corn corny y ly In hi I ft f cl I I r ill all I ilkI ille I tae I ti ml tn l 1 n and f Masi Ran an i 3 11 InE I from 1 La H the 1 Id J 11 o e or rt 11 nt I 1 1 L IY tart o 0 J 1 l i panorama I I IN I tl or and et u uI 1 I flute the ant 1 with lh r rf f r r bk Lla k E u u and broad broadb b nl l b h k Ii hats turn turned U up at n Ii h 11 I f r Ilk a r hg tr r 1101 neap r f ft rIU IU t are i t Up ln their 10 ii iiI I ug lit Ih 4 1 In In the lilt thes s t r I h see Nang hla man manI f ft t I I Iii hi air rr the Ir l I heal I king pr t ty y y girl uA tt I hit hiI 1 amor amo t I tights of Clr C Ca II a i I tt th tin tile I I n 1 wall walla that hat t url urd tia il C or of orI I G tHI and nd Rami r m WI k patched Fon t I Ii Tapia InI re rebe e et t f be Wo ago Jh I ii t Ill F u areas m D c IJ of tit thO Jay day or of the theys ys r r p so that the I I of f Iff lees thin A D PF I r r rg gover g er a t 11 f 1 11 I t untie acc tn i a mull r I ant I Ip t us UI 1 Idt rt ere are el 1 r I with r lr I are h I j I I I gardens in III int IIIi i t uh 11 fruit aDd ans I r d r the tropes r f I r 1 n Ii pad pit air brI be beI I f II f t aou b Trashes r u II hind and pota 1111 nr to n fl u UN well ae II r P figs ft sr 1 1 11 rl BUt Dut th r 1 ar aF I 4 Id glory Clur or of IJ I y II fief t tt III 1 nardenA aI r t r i cn n plumes plume r I b I the house tope they Ihy are the I that attract the approach attention and the last I q Ii H 1 r h I 1 r ee 11 when U backward backwards s n iii Ids journey and next J I eh I w the th linger I tv I Ind 1111 most In hiM Ill t 1 t I v III It is said Ih thug ill palm palmIn trim which In f J or descended e ont one J Patna Abdurrahman Aud ur rahman I 1 brought broucht with him from the banks of the i ww and planted In the warden garden of hI his Cordovan Cor doyan dovan palace The Tae nUe ArabIan com composed a poem to that a II akin 3rd and to stag aDd recited la a that other homesick wall aU I Ia Golon of Mexico Cordova I Is Indebted to the Arabs Mab for the fin aqueduct that brings pure cold mountain water Wiler IONIC a deep valley to I a public fountain These are also allO excellent places for observing peculiar phase of folk and Ad so If are the th where the Ih entire population may t 1 MII at least once on e every i Ir r classes and sleeping 1111 h the noontide heat th the stub I In their rickety and I Iule I II at t the fashionable runlet unet hour bour Tit Iii Iwo ISeo del Gran Capitao named I ii h n r of de Cordoba oner one r F doughty douht knights In the I lit eat the principal t 11 nide Id of the city During Durin the day ir I lute d deserted except for sleeping I I c n It lea double 1411 rows of orange oran II Ind Hod Japanese turning up iii it dry Iry haves white while with dust dUIt AtI At I hl the scene Irne change a a completely Havana Hauna hands I a n the Prado at IRIS 1 II innumerable Jets unit the shrubbery the sir air I is DELIGHTFULLY COOL the blue dome dume of heaven hangs its lampe over all The fw few nIlls families who keep up IlL a ghostly h w of antiquated state tt drive porn I isly to and Ind fro while rev revel I rs warm swarm the promenade prom nade or sealed at tables tablea pip lip tie de chute or iI i a de made of range i and water waler In character Much more beautiful is II the shady Alameda lameda A with gardens on either side I hue here the root plash or of water tram from In Ini Innumerable numerable fountains fountain mingles w with J and the air is Ia nta heavy with wun the of orange clean olan d HI rs and rote rOI There le II also allo the tree Pasco PallO de d la I Victoria extending t to the distant railway station and the along the river bank command lag a fin view or of the bridge the gypsy suburb and ADd the crumbling Dy By the way It was wal the Oren Oran Capitan who originated the aying Ing so 0 common In Spain that while other cill cities may ho bo better to live Uve In Cordova is I eminently the he pace In which to be born It Its nr nar narrow row paths path are so 10 roughly paved that to walk In them I Is a antI and Its Ile whitewashed at least ones once a year dazzle the suffering 11 eyes Car Carriager errs not to enter any ot of the prIncipal streets and Into most mOlt of at them wheeled vehicles could not hot poal bay bly force A way As A approaches approach mn men are re seen een clinging to the Iron rail Inn Inge or of all the lower balconies holding whispered wIth THEIR Welds the bus barl This Is Ii the Ole onlY reo method of courtship approved ot of parents parenti and Ind guardians guardian pines In time timeout timeout out of mInd and for tor A Spaniard to nsf led lect hi his duty In this respect would be to brand himself a In 10 lose un unworthy unworthy worthy the smiles of any senorita A century ego alO there then we were many maDY rich richand and populous in Cordova but uearl nearly all of th them hay have been leen d dese desecrated crated or turNed Into and aDd hospitals Prominent amour among tb the few Ce that remain le I Santa Marta n or the Jer Ja the monastery ot of the Padres de Garcia near tIM the barracks of ti AI fonso and the Puen Fuen Santa just outside the city walls Tile The once wealthy convent ot of La Trinidad Is II non occupied hi br a co corps or of Remonta deCordoba de deCordoba Cordoba or government en n whose whoM business I le to break bruk the wild ot of the sierra errs for the Span lilt Ih caval cavalry They wear r short hort turned tip up with rid red and brown boots boot laced and Ind o open n at the sides The provincial museum would mould hardly be worth a visit were ere It not nol for tor u Ii f few Among the latter I is lL a afine line fine collection of spear the brim of an Arabian well In green pottery In with a text from the and a bell of the ninth century with a I rend legend that hunt hung In the tower or of Can Ban the oldest con convent convent vent In Spain A number of excursion may be made In n the of on foot In the saddle or en el roche coche Within ell easy walking distance II h the section known as Alcazar Vie VieJo Jo o y beyond the city gate which w Philip lI 11 caused to be erected on the ruins ruin ot of the Moorish Babu 1 Kan Gale Oate of the Bridge Bride The Ales Alca Jar sar royal palace proper wu was built on the site of Rodents Ho ulc castle the last ot of the th Gothic whose whoN father Theofred was a duke or of Cordova During Arab the palace table stable and hurta huerta were one root roof Later the inquisition occupied part of the same Ame building and half balf IlL a century ago It its lower loer portion was converted into In Into to stables for the royal stallions A I large open apace close cloe by called the ampo Santa Ballta was wa the scene of many Christian martyrdoms under the HI toe Moe leml lema To tb the old garden or of the one must obtain special permission In town and also allO pay an admission fH fee lu IQ It the orange trees and roses rOIl are an still t I their lineal the first Arab ruler In Spain planted for his hi sultanas ultan pleasure hundreds or of I Years ago The Th place lace seems haunted hy by the shades of dalk d excluded E d thousands of them during the live centuries ot of Moorish oc JC I A favorite excursion Is II to the Hernia Herma I II tI of Val of Iara the tour four I distant A carriage amare mAY no go moat of Ih the way but back is II better fur fr the rOAd I b ex I ra troth lh In places and use b bj I too steep fir through ur wheels Part art of the tha way war runs I WOODS bright In springtime with and Ind I 3 Jur purple le not nol altogether safe IlIr I Irom from rom robbers who mB may follow fellow one out lut from the city The bravest a creepy repy sensation at the armed down the narrow trail but generally It is II MUtt returning going visitor or u the hermits ng to town who pull pass with the y Spanish salutation Va eon oon Dice God Gal Galbe Godbe be with you JOu The IM of the are aN now I tea thin than twenty Their tats Ire are brown town and they the follow the rule rul ot of Saint Paul the hermit side lid was Close by r on the mountain once th the most molt magnificent Moorish In palace O of built for tor his bride by the It wu wre n In the year IX ill b by artiste from dad and anel andr r men LiN 1500 mulch mulchand und and 1 IN camels m being employed tn in the work The palace contained lure Iura ot of various kinds or of precious mar hies It Its great reat hall tM the bad hed eight doors door overlaid with gold And en n rusted with p lito hung In arches arch et t end alad ivory In n the hall hail called wu was wasa It a fountain brought from d with man many figures nure f of animals made of purl pure gold adorned with lIh precious stones tb the wa waI water I ter r streaming from the hI mouths Local tradition and history agree arree that the whole hule land or of Islam contained nott nothing aC to with this palace 1 and aud Its Ita beauties d th the 1 or of I to Annall II lived v 1 In it II years with a furze of r ser I rants yant beetles 17 pr nar I annual lum 1 ot of the ell b exceeding butin But ButIn In spite ot of tills this unparalleled the Chant and his bride went t the way of all the earth and no doubt ate them II as disrespectfully as commoner clay cia All tile the of art In were wert totallY destroyed In tb the year ear 1 and now even n the ex exact exact act site BIte of the palace is t unknown FANNIE B 11 WARD |
