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THE ALHAMBRA - Granada: A perspective view of the GARDEN OF THE GENERALIFE

THIS view is drawn from the spot marked B. in Plate xc. at the bottom of the canal which waters the garden. It conveys an accurate idea of the place, of the beauty of its architecture, and of the fertility of its vegetation. Nothing
can be conceived, better adapted than the gardens of the Generaliffe, to promote the enjoyment of all those refined gallantries and luxuries, for which the Moors were so celebrated.
The gardens are planted in the Chinese style; cypress trees appear in various parts; and many of them, venerable for their age, now afford to the Christian inhabitants of Spain that shelter which they formerly offered to its Moorish sovereigns. A river, the same which supplies the Alhamra with water, runs through these gardens: on each side of its banks trees are planted at intervals, whose tops are joined like arches. In the middle of the gardens is a lofty circular summer-house formed of canes; nearly thirty feet in height, and somewhat resembling a dome. The excellence of these covered ways depends upon their being lofty and spacious. In all the Moorish bowers, which the author has seen, the same rule is observed: they are lofty and spacious, while ours are low and narrow. These broad bowers have a very noble effect: that of the Generaliffe, with the water, is indeed enchanting; it imposes upon the sight, making the space appear longer than it really is. At the side of the gardens is planted the blooming laurel, a tree to which the Moors were extremely partial, while box fences inclose beds of roses. The whole is in perpetual bloom, as most of the trees are evergreens, sheltered on three sides, and exposed to a southern aspect.
The prospect from the windows, which are seen at the end of the Garden in our plate, is truly sublime. Beneath, flows the river Darro; at the foot of the Generaliffe rises the quarter of the city of Granada, called the Albayzin; and, further on, appears the beautiful, extensive, and fertile Pega, or Plain of Granada, encircled by clusters of dusky mountains.

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