Mediterranean winter resorts : a complete and practical handbook to the principal health and pleasure resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean, with special articles on the principal invalid stations by resident English physicians / by Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball.

  • Reynolds-Ball, Eustace A. (Eustace Alfred), 1858-1928
Date:
1904
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Credit: Mediterranean winter resorts : a complete and practical handbook to the principal health and pleasure resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean, with special articles on the principal invalid stations by resident English physicians / by Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    comparatively modern (1719). It is still unfinished. Tlie style is hybrid, characterised by all the defects of the pseudo- classical school at the worst periods.—The west tower is lofty (350 feel) and well-proportioned. Fine view from the top (fee 50 c). The chief attraction of the Cathedral are the choir stalls. The fifty statues are admirably carved, and Murray (who gives a complete list) considers them the finest in Sjwin. The chapels are indifferent. The most interesting are Capilla del Rosano, with the large ]3icture of the Mad(jnna of the Rosary by Alfonso Cano, and Capilla de los Reyes, with a hoi)' image carried by the Catholic sovereigns in their campaigns. Close to the Church of El Cristo de la Victoria is the mean- looking Chm-ch of San Roque, of interest as the first Christian Church built by Ferdinand and Isabella after the conquest of the city in 1487. Alcazaba and Gibralfaro (from gebel, rock, and faros, light- house).—This fortress (500 feet) is the key of Malaga. It should be climbed for the sake of the fine views. Notice the Puerta de Hierio (the principal entrance), in which are to be found traces of Roman columns. The horseshoe arches are the most charac- teristic specimens of Moorish architecture in Malaga. As the castle is used as a prison it is not easy to gain admission, but the tourist might get a permiso at the office of the Military Governor, opposite the Bank of Spain. The Alcazaba is of older date, and is built on the site of an ancient Phoenician fortress. Aiarazafias.—Behind the Alameda in the C. Atarazanas (which occupies the site of the Moorish Arsenal) is an ancient Moorish archway, which makes a delightful bit for the artist. Alameda.—A magnificent promenade. A beautiful carved sixteenth-century fountain here has an eventful history. It was brought from Genoa to decorate Charles V.'s Granada Palace. The vessel in which it was carried was taken by Barbarossa, but recovered by General de Galeras. A military band plays here every evening. Torrijos Mominicnt.—This monument in the Plaza de Riegio commemorates the treacherous massacre of General Torrijos and his partisans (among them Captain Boyd, iui Englishman) b) Moreno in 1831.