Abdelasio reconstructs the Alcazar of Seville, ii. 121.
Abdurrahman I. builds the mosque of Cordova, ii. 68.
Abdurrahman I. builds Medina Az-Zahra, ii. 88;
his happy days, ii. 89.
Abencerrages, Hall of the, Alhambra, ii. 209.
Abrantes, duke d', at the bull-fights, 209.
Absolutist party, 96.
Academy, a dream of the, 280.
Academy of San Fernando, Madrid, 193.
Acquasola gardens, Genoa, 10.
Alameda, Granada, ii. 188, ii. 241.
Alarcon y Mendoza, Juan Ruiz de, dramatist, 169.
Alarmed travellers, ii. 9, ii. 55.
Albaicin at Granada, ii. 244;
courtyard in, ii. 246;
fortune-telling, ii. 253;
government of, ii. 255;
ignorance in, ii. 256;
Parisian quarter, ii. 245;
squalor of, ii. 251.
Albornoz, Gil Carillo de, tomb of, Toledo, ii. 29.
Alcaiceria, Granada, ii. 241.
Alcala street, Madrid, 156, 168.
Alcanadre, Roman aqueduct at, 91.
Alcantara, bridge of, Toledo, ii. 18.
Alcazar de San Juan, ii. 259;
of Seville, ii. 120;
of Toledo, ii. 39.
Alcayde of Saragossa's bold republicanism, 83.
Aleardi Gaetano, on the can-can, 171.
Alfonso and the Cid, 121.
Alfonso the Wise, MSS. of, ii. 118;
tomb of, ii. 109.
Alfonso VIII. defeats the Moors at las Navas de Tolosa, ii. 61.
Alfonso XII., favored by the Moderate party, 96.
Algaba, ii. 118.
Algeciras, Gulf of, ii. 168.
Alhambra, arabesques, ii. 197, 208, ii. 210, ii. 211;
baths, ii. 211;
cabinet of Linderaja, ii. 209;
Charles V.'s palace, ii. 192;
Court of Lions, ii. 201;
Court of Myrtles, ii. 194;
fascination of, ii. 205;
Gate of Justice, ii. 192;
grounds of ii. 190;
Hall of Abencerrages, ii. 209;
Hall of Barca, ii. 197;
Hall of Divans, ii. 210;
Hall of Justice, ii. 206;
Hall of Oranges, ii. 209;
Hall of the Ambassadors, ii. 198;
Hall of the Two Sisters, ii. 207;
Mirador de la Reina, ii. 212, ii, 215;
mosque, ii. 216;
paintings in, ii. 207;
Patio de la Reja, ii. 212;
realization of a dream, ii. 200;
situation of, ii. 190;
Tower of Commares, ii. 196;
Tower of the Ambassadors, ii. 196;
vastness of the, ii. 217;
view from, ii. 213.
Ali Pacha, relics of, 176.
Almago, Melchiorre, republican journalist, ii. 243.
Almansa, plain of, ii. 260.
Almansur builds Zahira, ii. 89.
Almodovar, castle of, ii. 99.
Altimura, Count d', possesses the fiscal accounts of Gonzalez di
Cordova, ii. 237.
Alvarez, Gen., house of, at Gerona, 16.
Amadeus at Gerona, 16;
at Logroño, 85;
at Madrid, 166, 194;
at Saragossa, 82;
at the bull-fights, 213;
at Valencia, ii. 262;
character of, 201;
courage of, 199;
court-life of, 194;
encourages bull-fights, 223, 235;
hostility of the newspapers to, 93, 200;
hostility of the soldiery to, 204;
prejudice against, 15, 33, 80.
Ambassadors, Hall of the, Alhambra, ii. 198;
at Seville, ii. 124;
Tower of the, Alhambra, ii. 196.
Amusements, 168.
Andalusian characteristics, 36;
dialect, ii. 93;
scenery, ii. 61, 100, ii. 177;
women, ii. 79, ii. 93, ii. 126.
Angels, convent of, Granada, ii. 238.
Ansurez, Pedro, tomb of, 137.
Aosta, duke d'. See Amadeus.
Aqueduct, Roman, at Segovia, 124.
Arabesques in the Alhambra, beauty of, ii. 197;
intricacy of design, ii. 197, ii. 208, ii. 210, ii. 211.
Aranjuez, arrival at, ii. 10;
gardens, ii. 12;
historic associations, ii. 11;
royal palace, ii. 11;
suburbs of, ii. 10.
Argamasilla de Alba, birthplace of Don Quixote, ii. 58.
Argensola, the brothers, 72;
sonnet by, 73.
Arjonilla, ii. 62.
Armory, royal, at Madrid, 174.
Arragon, decay of, 52;
dialect of, 54;
independence of, 49;
mountains of, 48.
Artillery museum at Madrid, 180.
Asturia, prince of, title instituted, 98.
Atocha, Church of Our Lady of, Madrid, 166, 204;
street of, Madrid, 174.
Avilo, 124.
"Awaiting her in heaven," ii. 227.
Ayala, d', dramatist, 169.