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The Alhambra and the Kremlin : the south and north of Europe (1873)

Prime, Samuel Irenaeus, 1812-1885 · New York : Anson D.F. Randolph · leaf 172

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142 ALHAMBRA AND KREMLIN. And the long passage through which we were now con- ducted led to the dungeons of the castle ; most of them are walled up, but one was left open that we might see how … The Vermilion Tower. short and easy was the mode of disposing of an unhappy victim of jealousy or revenge, who could be built into a recess and find it a dying bed and grave. It was a long subterranean walk till we came out to the governor’s court.

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