Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) [Some typographical errors have been corrected; a list follows the text.] (etext transcriber's note) _OLD CONTINENTAL TOWNS_ [Illustration] * * * * * _Uniform with this Volume_ (_All very fully Illustrated_) _The Cathedrals of England and Wales_ _By T. Francis Bumpus_ (_3 vols._) 6_s._ _net each_ _The Cathedrals of Northern France_ _By T. Francis Bumpus_ 6_s._ _net_ _The Cathedrals of Northern Germany and the Rhine_ _By T. Francis Bumpus_ 6_s._ _net_ _The Cathedrals of Northern Spain_ _By Charles Rudy_ 6_s._ _net_ _The Cathedrals and Churches of Northern Italy_ _By T. Francis Bumpus_ (9×6-1/2. 16_s._ _net_) _The Cathedrals of Central Italy_ _By T. Francis Bumpus_ 6_s._ _net_ _London Churches Ancient and Modern_ _By T. Francis Bumpus_ (_2 vols._) 6_s._ _net each_ _The Abbeys of Great Britain_ By H. Claiborne Dixon 6_s._ _net_ _The English Castles_ By Edmond B. d'Auvergne 6_s._ _net_ _A History of English Cathedral Music_ _By John S. Bumpus_ (_2 vols._) 6_s._ _net each_ _The Cathedrals of Norway, Sweden and Denmark_ _By T. Francis Bumpus_ (9×6-1/2. 16_s._ _net_) _Old English Towns_ (_First Series_) _By William Andrews_ 6_s._ _net_ _Old English Towns_ (_Second Series_) _By Elsie Lang_ 6_s._ _net_ _The Cathedrals and Churches of Belgium_ _By T. Francis Bumpus_ 6_s._ _net_ * * * * * [Illustration: ROUEN, 1822. A STREET SHOWING THE TOWER OF THE CATHEDRAL.] OLD CONTINENTAL TOWNS BY WALTER M. GALLICHAN _Author of "The Story of Seville," "Fishing and Travel in Spain," "Cheshire," etc._ [Illustration] LONDON T. WERNER LAURIE CLIFFORD'S INN CONTENTS PAGE ROME 1 ASSISI 21 VENICE 30 PERUGIA 52 FLORENCE 57 VERONA 72 SEVILLE 79 CORDOVA 97 TOLEDO 120 GRANADA 135 OPORTO 152 POITIERS 164