SEVILLE.

Spain; the upper part was added after the expulsion of the Moors, though one of the conditions upon which the city was surrendered was, that the tower should be taken down, to avoid desecration by the Christians. It was esteemed by the Moors the most beautiful tower attached to any of their places of worship: it was raised by the same architect who built the celebrated minaret of the Grand Mosque at Morocco. The ascent to the summit, by an inclined plane, is so capacious, that the former queen of the late King Ferdinand, of Spain, ascended on a mule.

The wall on the right, in the view, forms the back of the library, which was bequeathed to the cathedral by the son of Columbus. He (the son) is buried in the nave opposite the grand entrance. In this celebrated library, Washington Irving principally made his researches among the MSS. and early books for the history of Columbus. The building on the left in the view is the Archiepiscopal Palace.

There are at present 220 churches and monasteries in Seville. Of its extent under the Romans, to whom it was known as Hispalis, some idea may be formed from the statement, that the ancient aqueduct was supported upon 300 arches, and that the city now boasts of containing, among its Roman remains, more than 80,000 columns within its walls.