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Identifier: encyclopediabrit15bayn Title: The Encyclopedia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature. With new maps, and original American articles by eminent writers. With American revisions and additions, bringing each volume up to date Year: 1892 (1890s) Authors: Baynes, Thomas Spencer, 1823-1887 Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries Publisher: Chicago R.S. Peale Co

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Text Appearing Before Image: upplyof pure water from the Lozoya (32 miles distant). The form of Madrid proj er is almost that of a square with the corners rounded off; from east to wast itmeasures rather less than from north to south. Pt wasformerly surrounded by a poor wall, partly of brick, partlyof earth, some 20 feet in height, and pierced by fiveprincipal gates (puertas) and eleven portillos. Of thesegateways only three, the Puerta de AlcaU on the east,the Puerta de Toledo on the south, and the Portillo de SanVicente on the west, now actually exist; the first and lliethird were erected in the time of Charles III., and tjesecond in honour of the restoration of Ferdinand VII.; allhave some architectural pretensions. The Manzanares (orratlier its bed, for the stream is at most seasons of theyear quite insignificant) is spanned by six bridges, thePuente de Toledo and that of Segovia being the chief.The Puerta del Sol (formerly the east gate and tower ofthe city, having on its front a representation of the suu—

Text Appearing After Image: Plan oC Madrid. whence the name) is now the central plaza, and thefavourite lounge and place of most traffic iu tho i.ity; theanimated scene it presents has bean described with moreor less fulness in almost every book of Spanish travelOn its south side stands the Palacio de la Gobernacion, orHome Office, a heavy square building, by a French architect,J. Marquet, and dating from 17C8. From the Puerta delSol diverge, immediately or mediately, almost all theprincipal streets of Madrid—eastward by north, the CaUede Alcahi, terminating iu the Prado; eastward, theCarrera de San Geronimo, terminating by the Plaza de lasCortes also in the Prado ; southward, the Calle de Carretas;westward, the Calle Mayor, which leads to the councilchamber and to the palace, and the Calle del Arenal, ter-minating in the Plaza de Isabel II. and the opera-house ;north-westward, the Calles de Preciados and Del Carmen : and northward, the Calle de la Montera, which afterwardsdivides into the Calle de Fuencarral

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