These sturdy little donkeys and their drivers belong distinctly to the prose of to-day. Over there the warm Spanish sunshine at Granada, these fellows have their heads full of common, everyday problems in their own affairs. Granada, a sleepy old town, with only 75,000 people. But when we look up that steep wooded height above the little river yonder, we look towards the scene of some of the most romantic and picturesque and exciting doings in all history. Those massive gray towers away up there, on the brow of the hill, are part of the walls of the palace of the Alhambra, famous in history, song and legend.

To the south beyond this fortified hill (ahead and a little to the left) the Mediterranean Sea is but 30 miles away, and only 100 miles farther across the blue waters are the shores of northern Africa. Twelve hundred years ago these beautiful Spanish lands were seized by Saracens from across the Mediterranean, and here on this commanding hill in the 13th century the conquerors began building a royal palace. For hundreds of years each new monarch added to the size and interior splendor of its halls and courts and gardens and fountains and chambers, lavish in form and in the beauty of form and color that the Moorish imagination could create. That plain square tower straight ahead, up on the brow of the hill, is the non-committal exterior of a part of the old Moorish palace. The tower farther to the west, with the curving wall at its feet, is the Homenaje Tower, a part of the old citadel. The royal lords of the land struggled over and over to get free, and at last, Ferdinand and Isabella succeeded in driving out the invaders. In 1491 when the last Moorish King, Boabdil, was forced to retreat from the land, legend says he wept over his last sight of the Alhambra.

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Very good vintage condition with light edge wear expected for age. Images remain clear with strong contrast, and text is fully legible. No major creases or damage observed.

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