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which is very large and finely ornamented. In the 

 center is a fountain, equally remarkable for its gran- 

 deur and capacity. In the center is a bronze itatue 

 of iame, and on the angles are four fmall bafons. 

 The water is ejeded through the trumpet of the fta- 

 tue, and alfo through the mouths of eight lions 

 which furround it, and greatly heighten the beauty 

 of this worL The eafl: fide of the fquare is filled 

 by the cathedral and the archiepifcopal palace, whofe 

 height furpaffes the other buildings in the city. Its 

 principal foundations, and the bales of its columns and 

 pilafters, together with the capital front which faces 

 the weft, are of free (lone the infide refembles that 

 of Seville, but not fo large. The outfide is adorned 



. with a very magnificent facade or frontifpiece, rifing 

 into two lofty towers, and in the center is the 

 grand portal. Round the whole runs a grand gallery, 

 with a baluilrade of wood, refembling brafs in co- 

 lour, and at proper dillances are feveral pyramids, 

 which greatly augment the magnificence of the ftruc- 

 ture. In the north fide of the fquare is the vice-roy's 

 palace, in which are the feveral courts of juflice, 



• together with the offices of revenue, and the ftate 

 prifon. This was formerly a very remarkable building, 

 both with regard to its iargenefs and architedure, 

 but the greateil part of it being thrown down by the 

 dreadful earthquake Vv'ith v/hich the city was vifited, 

 06c. 20th, 16S7, it now confifts only of fome of the 

 lower apartments erecled on a terras, and is ufed as 

 tlie refidence of the vice-roy and his family. 



O N the weft fide which faces the cathedral, is 

 the council-houfe, and the city prifon ; the South 

 fide is filled Vv^idi private houfes, having only one 

 fiory ; but the fronts being of ftone, their uniformity, 

 porticoes, and elegance, are a great embellilhment to 

 the- fquare, each fide of which is 80 toiles. 



The form of the city is triangular, the bafe, en* 

 lohgell fide, extending along the banks of the riven 

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