32 A VOYAGE TO Book VII. 



which is vrry large and finely ornanicMited. In the 

 centréis a fountain, rqually remaikable for its gran- 

 deur and capacity. In the centre is a bronze statue 

 of Fanii", and oil the angles are four small basons. 

 The water is ejected through the trumpet of the sta- 

 lue^, and also through the mouths of eight lion«i 

 which suiTGund it, and greatly heighten ihe beauty 

 of this work. The east side of the square is filled 

 hy the cathedral and the arcliiepiscopal place, whose 

 height surpasses the other buildings in the city. Its 

 principal foundations, and the bases of its columns and 

 pilasters, together with the capital front which taces 

 the west, mo. of freestone ; the inside resembles th.it 

 of Seville, but not so large. The outside is adorned 

 with a very magnificent facade or froniispiee, rising 

 into two lofty towers, and in the centre is tlie 

 §;rand portal. Roiuid the whole runs a grand gallery, 

 with a bahistrade of wood, rescnihling brass in co- 

 lour, and at proper distances are several pyramids, 

 which greatly augment the magnificenceof the struc- 

 ture. In the north side of the square is the vice-roy's 

 palace, in which are the several courts of justice, 

 together ^^ ith the offices of revenue, and the state 

 prison. This was formerly a very remarkable building, 

 both with regard to its largeness and architecture, 

 but the greatest part of it being thrown down by the 

 dreadful earthquake with whicTi the city was visited, 

 Oct. áOth, 1()87, it now consists only of some of the 

 lower apartments erected on a terras, and is used as 

 the residence of the vice-roy and his family. 



On the v.est side which faces the cathedral, is 

 the council-house, and the city prison ; the south 

 úde is filled with private houses, having only one 

 ftory ; but the fronts being of stone, their luiiformity, 

 porticoes, and elegance, are a great embellishment to 

 the square, each side of which is 80 toises. 



The fortn (if the city is triangular, the base, or 



longest side, extending along the banks di' the river. 



1 Its 



