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Description:: Aerial view of the gardens at Casa del Rey Moro in Ronda, Spain. Walkway to pool on lower terrace, flanked by planting beds. A narrow channel of water runs down the center of the walkway and feeds the pool below
Date:: May 28, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Fountain on a paved walkway in the gardens at Alcázar of Seville, a royal palace in Seville, Spain. Another fountain is visible further down the wakway.
Date:: May 24, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Palm tree, potted plants and a high, vine-covered wall across a pool in the gardens at Alcázar of Seville, a royal palace in Seville, Spain.
Date:: May 24, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Palm tree, potted plants and a high, vine-covered wall across a pool in the gardens at Alcázar of Seville, a royal palace in Seville, Spain.
Date:: May 25, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Fountain on a paved walkway in the gardens at Alcázar of Seville, a royal palace in Seville, Spain.
Date:: May 25, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Stairs and pool in the gardens at Casa del Rey Moro in Ronda, Spain. The gardens were designed by French landscape gardener, Jean Claude Forestier in 1912. Casa del Rey Moro was built in the 18th Century and features a Water Mine, a "secret" passage that enabled workers to bring water up to the house from the Guadelevin River below. The passage goes through many chambers, including the "Room of Secrets."
Date:: May 30, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: The gardens were designed by French landscape gardener, Jean Claude Forestier in 1912. Casa del Rey Moro was built in the 18th Century and features a Water Mine, a "secret" passage that enabled workers to bring water up to the house from the Guadelevin River below. The passage goes through many chambers, including the "Room of Secrets."
Date:: May 28, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: The Palacio de Generalife is a palace and country estate that was once connected to the Alhambra (a palace and fortress).
Date:: May 30, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Maria Luisa Park was part of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, a world's fair held in Seville, Spain from May 9, 1929 to June 21, 1930. After a several year period of not contributing buildings to world's fairs, the United States built three structures for Seville.
Date:: May 26, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Description:: Rectangular pool lined with potted plants with a sculpted fountain at the end. The fountain has water streaming from a basin upon which rests a relief sculpture of two ships, flanked by twisted columns supporting an entablature and scroll finial, and sculpted library shelves with books and putti friezes below. This structure is part of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, a world's fair held in Seville, Spain from May 9, 1929 to June 21, 1930 in the Parque de María Luisa. After a several year period of not contributing buildings to world's fairs, the United States built three structures for Seville.
Date:: May 26, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Cornell, Ralph D.
Collection:: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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