"Now the Giralda is a Moorish minaret with christian bells; it is begirt with all the beautiful devices of arab decoration, and right on the top of it there is a statue of Faith, while the lower past is constructed of Roman and Visigoth ashlars. That is just like Spain as a whole; it has Roman foundations,Moorish pomp and a Catholic mind."
An illustration from the book "Letters From Spain" written and illustrated by Karel Capek, translated by Paul Selver, published by George Bles, London, 1931. Capek, (1890-1938), the Czech writer best known for his plays, wrote a number of travel books in an amused and urbane style which suffused his accompanying drawings as well. He invented the word 'robot'.

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