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Excerpt from Velasquez
The age Of Which we are Speaking saw the artistic in?uence Of Italy in its full force, and in no town was this in?uence more profoundly felt than in the capital Of Andalusia, both in manners and literature. Rome herself was not more affected by the culture and refinement Of Greece, than were the art and literature Of Spain coloured and ennobled by Italian genius. With all this, however, the Moorish occupation had left its indelible mark upon Seville, to such a degree that to this day a visitor feels as though he had left Europe behind him and had entered some Oriental city. The beautiful Moorish tower on the north-east corner Of the cathedral, the largest in Spain, the courtyards arcaded with marble pillars and decorated with coloured tiles and Old pictures, the fountains shooting their crystal waters into the clear southern air, the narrow, awning-covered streets Of the Jewish quarter where Murillo was born - in which one can walk in the middle Of the road and touch the houses on either side with one's outstretched hands - the snatches Of Arabian music with which the popular melodies abound, the dances which on some occasions still survive in the Church services - all these features trans port the traveller to the scenery and surround ings Of some Eastern tale.
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