The Story of Spain by Mark Williams

Author:Mark Williams [Williams, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Golden Era Books
Published: 2009-08-04T07:00:00+00:00

Napoleonic wars.

Madrid: National Library founded

in 1711 by Felipe V has one of

La Granja Palace near Segovia was a perfect re-creation of a French palace for the royal elite.

Europe’s largest collections, inclu

ding eight hundred editions of

Don Quixote; much of city is a neo

classical showcase of Carlos III: Royal

Palace, Cibeles Fountain, Alcalá Arch,

etc.; Chapel of San Antonio de la

Florida has fresco by Goya; Prado

Museum’s Goya rooms are superb;

Royal Tapestry Factory has display

of Goya originals; Basilica of San

Francisco el Grande has imposing

facade by Sabatini.

Petra (Mallorca): House-Museum

of native son Junipero Serra, famous

missionary of California.

Puerto de la Cruz (Canary Islands):

Botanical Gardens dating from reign

of Carlos III are outstanding.

Ronda (Málaga): Beautiful bullring

built in 1785; scene of annual

Goyesque Fair devoted to eigh

teenth-century-style bullfighting.

Salamanca: The Plaza Mayor, built

for the city by Felipe V, is among most

beautiful in Spain; designed by the

Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Canary Islands): Attacking Paso Alto Castle in 1797, Lord Nelson lost his arm. Santiago de Compostela (La Coruña): Baroque facade (1750) of earlier cathedral is a masterpiece by Fernando Casas.

Segovia: La Granja de San Ildefonso and Riofrio palaces built by Philip V and Elizabeth Farnese, eleven kms. from town.

Sevilla: Gaudy baroque specimens are Chapel of San José and San Telmo Palace.

Toledo: Transparente by Narciso Tome is a controversial baroque island in the famous Gothic Cathedral.

Vic (Barcelona): Neo-Classical Cathedral (1781-1803) and Episcopal Museum.

Zaragoza: Seo Cathedral has a fine baroque facade.

Churriguera brothers.

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