SPAIN 



La Granja 



THE SUMMER PALACE of La Granja 

 or San Ildefonso, on the northern slopes of 

 the Guadarramas, was built in 172123 for 

 Philip V, the first Spanish Bourbon, by Theodor 

 Artmans, from plans of the Italians Tuvara and 

 Sachetti. It resembles Versailles, but its sur- 

 rounding scenery is far superior owing to its 

 background of mountains. An artificial lake 

 gives water for the fountains and cascades, which 

 are also more beautiful than those of Versailles. 

 Most of them were made by order of Philip V's 

 second wife, Isabel Farnese, in 1727. There are 

 twenty-six fountains designed by Dumandre, 

 Procaccini, and Sani. The most remarkable are 

 "Apollo killing the Python," "Andromeda," 

 "Perseus and the Dragon," which latter jets 

 water thirty-one yards high ; " Basket of Fruit 

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