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window without attracting the attention of the 

 police or magistrates." 



Granada is by no means as rich in ancient 

 churches and houses as Seville. The house of 

 the Great Captain now forms part of the convent 

 of Carmelite nuns. On the facade a tablet sets 

 forth that " In this house lived, and on December 

 2, 1515, died, the Great Captain Don Gonzalo 

 Fernandez de Aguilar y de Cordoba, Duke of 

 Sessa, Terranova, and Santangelo, the Christian 

 hero, and conqueror of the Moors, French, and 

 Turks." 



The early sixteenth-century Casa de los Tiros 

 the property, like the Generalife, of the Marques 

 de Campotejar seems to occupy the site, if it 

 did not actually form part, of a Moorish fortified 

 dwelling. Some think it was an advanced work 

 of the fortifications known as the Torres Bermejas. 

 The interior certainly shows Arabic influence. 

 The staircase was probably built by Moors, and 

 there are rich azulejos and a splendid artesonado 

 hall. This is adorned with busts of various 

 Spanish celebrities, with the graven heads of 

 Moors and Christians, and with reliefs of Lucretia, 

 Judith, Semiramis, and Penthesilea. 



In this house is preserved an Arabic sword 

 with a magnificent hilt and scabbard, said to 

 have belonged to Boabdil. The scabbard, at 

 all events, is unquestionably of workmanship 



