A GRAND VIEW. 



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From the platform of the steps of this building, 

 looking across the courtyard, a grand view presents 

 itself, embracing all the principal buildings that now 

 tower above the plain, except the House of the 

 Dwarf. The engraving opposite represents this 

 view. In the foreground is the inner facade of the 

 front range of the Monjas, with a portion of the 

 range on each side of the courtyard. To the left, 

 in the distance, appears the Casa de la Vieja, or of 

 the Old Woman, and, rising grandly above the front 

 of the Monjas, are the House of the Turtles, that 

 of the Governor, and the Casa de Palomos, or the 

 House of the Pigeons. 



The last of the four sides of the courtyard, stand- 

 ing on the right of the entrance, is represented in the 



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