Identifier: 01710943.5406.emory.edu
Title: Spain and Portugal: handbook for travellers
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic : K. Baedeker London : Dulau and Co. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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lip V. caused it to be rebuilt by Pedro Caroin the Louis Quatorze style (1727). It was restored by Ferdinand VI. aftera third fire in 1748, aud the two large wings were added by Charles III.in 1775 78. — At Arauju<5z, on Mar. 19th, 1808, Godoy, the Principe dela Paz, the all-powerful minister of Charles IV., and the king himselfwere compelled to resign by a rising under the leadership of Count Mon-ti.)?- — Since then Aranjuez has been left more and more to itself, andneither palaces nor gardens are kept up with such care as might be lookedior. Die schonen Tage in Aranjuez sind nun zu Ende. Perhaps, however,there is no place in the S. of Europe so rich in elms, plane-trees, andnightingales. In midsummer the heat, attaining a maximum of 115° Fahr.,is often intolerable. The climate is then considered very unhealthy, andthe residents suffer from malaria fever. The central point of Aranjuez is the Plaza de la Libertad(PI. D,.3), with the church of San Antonio (PI. 2), the Fuente de
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ARANJUEZ. 9. Route. 127 Diana or de las Cadenas, and the small Jardin de Isabel Segunda.To the N. this plaza is adjoined by the parterre-garden of the palace,to the W. of -which rises the palace itself, flanked by a colonnade(correddr) erected by Godoy (see p. 126). The Palacio Beal (PI. C, 2, 3) deserves a visit. The handsomeStaircase is adorned with busts of Philip V. and Louis XIV. Thevarious rooms contain pictures by Conrado Bayeu (History of theProdigal Son, etc.), Raphael Mengs, Bosco, Amiconi, and Hierony-mus Bosch. In the Oratory are an ivory crucifix, an Annunciationascribed to Titian (?), and a modem mosaic presented by Pius IX.to Isabella II. The *Qabinete de China, the corner-room above theweir on the Tagus, is a creation of Charles III. and Giuseppe Grieci(1763). Its -walls are covered with porcelain-tiles from the factoryof Buen Retiro, showing scenes in the Japanese style. The largemirrors were made at La Granja (p. 125). The chandelier is all inone piece. The ceiling o

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