| [Numerous typographical errors, as well as many (but not all) of themis-placed or missing accents of Spanish words, have been corrected.Please see the list of these at the end of this etext.(note of etext transcriber)] |
The Story of Seville
| "He who Seville has not seen, |
| Has not seen a marvel great." |
| "To whom God loves He gives a house in Seville." |
| Popular Spanish Sayings. |
Saints Justa y Rufina
From the painting by Goya
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PREFACE
IN the story of Seville I have endeavoured to interest the reader in theassociations of the buildings and the thoroughfares of the city.
I do not claim to have written a full history of Seville, though I havesketched the salient events in its annals in the opening chapters ofthis book. The history of Seville is the history of Spain, and if I haveomitted many matters of historical importance from my pages, it isbecause I wished to focus attention upon the city itself. I trust that Ihave succeeded in awaking here and there an echo of the past, and inbringing before the imagination the figures of Moorish potentate orsage, and of Spanish ruler, artist, priest and soldier.
Those who are acquainted with the history of Spain will appreciate thedifficulty that besets the historian in the matter of chronologicalaccuracy, and even in a narration of many of the main events. Thechronicles of the Roman, Gothic and Moorish epochs are h