Granada: Present And Bygone (1908) - Softcover

Calvert, Albert Frederick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1104091658 ISBN 13: 9781104091651

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009

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Granada: Present And Bygone (1908) is a book written by Albert Frederick Calvert that provides a comprehensive account of the city of Granada in Spain. The book explores the history of Granada, from its ancient origins to the present day, and offers insights into the city’s culture, architecture, and art. Calvert takes readers on a journey through the streets and landmarks of Granada, providing detailed descriptions of its famous Alhambra palace, the Generalife gardens, and other important historical sites. He also delves into the city’s rich cultural heritage, including its traditional flamenco music and dance, and its vibrant local cuisine. Throughout the book, Calvert draws on his extensive knowledge of Granada to provide readers with a vivid and engaging portrait of this fascinating city. With its detailed descriptions, stunning illustrations, and insightful commentary, Granada: Present And Bygone is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and culture of Spain.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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No city in Spain possesses so much fascination for the foreigner as the old Moorish capital of Granada. Toledo boasts a greater antiquity, Seville may flaunt a larger share of sensuous beauty, but the mysterious charm of the City of the Moor is irresistible. Few that set foot in the halls of the Alhambra escape the spell that legend has woven about the palace the spell which inspired the pen of Washington Irving and by him commimicated to his A nglo-S axon contemporaries. Since Prescott revealed Granada as a second Troy and glorified the campaigns of the Catholic Sovereigns into a fifteenth-century I liad, the keenest rays of criticism and the coldest surveys have failed to dispel the glamour which makes the city the Mecca of every pilgrimage beyond the Pyrenees. To the Spaniard Granada is an epitome of seven centuries of national aspiration and endeavour. It is at once the coping stone of the edifice of Spanish nationality, the noblest monument of a vanished civilisation, the high-water mark of Moslem
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Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1104091658
• ISBN 13: 9781104091651
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 420
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