plantlets

Updated: June 27, 2025

It was as though a volcanic eruption had taken place in a virgin soil, tossing earth and grass, layers and strata of stone, hither and thither in utter confusion, impeding the further growth of young plantlets and forbidding the building up of a solid national edifice. Instead of devoting their energies to the interior organization of the country, Spaniards turned their eyes to the New World.

Charles Rudy - The Cathedrals of Northern Spain