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390 the sides of the vast quadrangle, and by the erection of a modern tower in room of the old muezzin. The crucero in itself is no disgrace to the architect Hernan Ruiz, but every lover of art must sympathize with the rebuke administered by Charles V. to the cathedral authorities : “You have built here what could have been built as well anywhere else; and you have destroyed what was unique in the world.” Magnificent, indeed, as the cathedral still is, it is almost impossible to realize what the mosque must have been when the worshippers thronged through its nineteen gateways of bronze, and its 4700 lamps, fed with perfumed oil, shed at once light and fragrance through its brilliant aisles. Of the exquisite elaboration bestowed on the more sacred portions abundant proof is afforded by the small heptagonal chapel of the Mihrab, roofed with a single shell-like block of snow-white marble, and inlaid with Byzantine mosaics of glass and gold. Cordova was celebrated in the time of the Moors for its silversmiths, who are said to have come originally from Damascus; and it exported a peculiar kind of leather which took its name from the city, whence we have still the word &ldquo;cordwainer.&rdquo; These industries, however, disappeared with the race that introduced them. In modern times, especially since the opening of the railway to Cadiz and Seville, its industry has developed in various directions, and flax, linen, silk, and woollens are now manufactured. Population, 42,000.

1em  CORDOVA, or, the chief of a of the same name in the, 246 s by  from , in 31° 24′ S.  and 64° 9′ W.  It lies in the very heart of , and occupies the bottom of a considerable depression to the south of the. The s, which cut each other at, are for the most part , but are furnished with side paths of ; and the s are almost all of one story. The of StPeter, built by the  , ranks among the finest es in , though the interior hardly corresponds to the promise of the outside; and the  of the  of Santa Catalina is also worthy of notice. The s are of great and increasing importance, including a  established in the Colegio San Carlos, or old , which was built by the same  as the ; an , supported by the ; a national , instituted in 1871; and an  of s. The cabildo or Government-house (adorned with a ed ), an  , two s, and several s complete the list of the public edifices. The population in 1869 numbered about 28,500, consisting of of various degrees, with a considerable predominance of the. Since the opening of the to  in 1870, the  of the, always of some importance, has begun to develop. The are mainly  and, and the  miscellaneous. Cordova was founded by in 1573, and made the capital of the  of  by ; its main importance arose from its being the centre of the   of  and the principal seat of  on the. The for a time destroyed its prosperity; but latterly it has much recovered. In 1871 it was the seat of a exhibition.  CORDOVA, a of, with about 6500, in the of , and 57 s inland from the. It is situated in a very fertile district near the of  and s in, , , and. Its s are well and regularly laid out; the most of its s are  of, and the , which occupies one side of a large central square, is a fine edifice, with a highly ornamented interior. The neighbourhood abounds in antiquarian remains, and at Amatlan de los Reyes especially there are traces of a and a, with fragments of  and.  EB9 Corea.png Sketch of Corea.  COREA, a kingdom of Eastern, the greater part of which occupies a stretching south from the northern portion of the. It is bounded on the N. by the elevated plains of, E. by the ,