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264 264 SPANISH ARCHITECTUEE. Part II, being only originally designed to be 90 ft. wide by about 310 ft. lon^, and all its dimensions reduced in proportion, still externally it is as picturesque and effective a design as can be found anywhere in Europe. 707. West Front of Burgos Cathedral. (From Chapuy, " Moyen-Age Monumental.") The western facade (144^) is essentially a German design, originally consisting of three po tals deeply recessed and richly sculptured, and still crowned with two spires of open work, and is exquisitely