_Sword of Isabella_ 49 _Plaza San Francisco_ 55 _Fountain in Bath, Alcázar_ 66 _Puerta del Perdón_ 75 _Stone Pulpit in Court of Oranges_ 78 _Cuerpo de Azucenas_ 79 _The Giralda_ 84 _Pinnacle of the Cathedral_ 87 _Puerta Mayor--The Central Door of the Cathedral_ 89 _Pinnacle of the Cathedral_ 91 _Interior of the Cathedral_ 97 _Patio de las Doncellas_ 111 _In the Garden of the Alcázar_ 125 _Cancela of the Casa Pilatos_ 133 _The Guardian Angel_ (MURILLO) _facing_ 172 _The Conception_ (MURILLO) _facing_ 178 _The Road to Calvary_ (VALDÉS LEAL) _facing_ 180 _Saint Hugo in the Refectory_ (ZURBARAN) _facing_ 182 _The Crucifixion_ (MONTAÑES) _facing_ 186 _Minaret of San Marcus_ 190 _Puerta de Santa Maria_ 195 _Patio del Casa Murillo_ 203 _Amphora_ 212 _Patio del Colegio_, _San Miguel_ 215 _The Golden Tower_ 223 _A Roof Garden_ 238 _Arms of Seville_ 241 _Plan of City_ _facing_ 268 [Illustration: Roman Amphitheatre at Italica] The Story of Seville CHAPTER I _Romans, Goths and Moors_ 'The sound, the sight Of turban, girdle, robe, and scimitar And tawny skins, awoke contending thoughts Of anger, shame and anguish in the Goth.' ROBERT SOUTHEY, _Roderick_. Seville the sunny, the gem of Andalusia, is a city in the midst of a vast garden. Within its ancient walls, the vine, the orange tree, the olive, and the rose flourish in all open spaces, while every _patio_, or court, has its trellises whereon flowers blossom throughout the year. Spreading palms overshadow the public squares and walks, and the banks of the brown Guadalquivir are densely clothed with an Oriental verdure.