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THE SPANISH SERIES
VALLADOLID, OVIEDO, SEGOVIA
ZAMORA, AVILA, AND ZARAGOZA
THE SPANISH SERIES
THE SPANISH SERIES
EDITED BY ALBERT F. CALVERT
| Goya Toledo Seville Murillo Cordova Velazquez Cervantes The Prado The Escorial Spanish Arms and Armour Granada and the Alhambra Leon, Burgos, and Salamanca Valladolid, Oviedo, Segovia, Zamora, Avila, and Zaragoza |
| In Preparation |
| Madrid Galicia El Greco Cities of Andalucia Murcia and Valencia Royal Palaces of Spain Tapestries of the Royal Palace Catalonia and Balearic Islands Santander, Biscaya, and Navarre |
VALLADOLID, OVIEDO
SEGOVIA, ZAMORA
AVILA, & ZARAGOZA
ACCOUNT, BY ALBERT F. CAL-
VERT,WITH 413 ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMVIII
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Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable,Printers to His Majesty
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PREFACE
The six cities of Spain which form the subject of the following pagesare little known to English travellers. Yet no one who would understandthe country can afford to pass them by. Not only are they compact ofartistic and architectural treasures, but within their walls much of thehistory of the Spanish nation has been made. Oviedo—that little citybetween the mountains and the sea, so far off the beaten track—was thecradle of the monarchy, the residence and burial-place of its patriotkings. For all men of Spanish blood it is holy ground. In Zamora we havethe typical city of the heroic age of Spain, the era of half-fabulousheroes, whose personalities are made known to us only by folklore andballads.
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