I Meeting of the Jewish Quarter of Toledo
The City Council of Toledo has launched the tourist and cultural program “I Meeting of the Jewish Quarter of Toledo” that will take place during the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of December. The set of …
The Toledan night, numerous Culturel activities for this weekend
On the occasion of the commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Declaration of Toledo as a World Heritage City, an intense series of leisure and Culturel activities will begin this coming Friday 26 November. …
La Dama del Armi帽o, children’s version
I know that there are many of you who come to these pages looking for legends adapted to the smallest. Schools, institutes or families seek to transmit the best known legends of Toledo trying to …
The Lady of the Ermine
A lady, some identify as Doña Jerónima de las Cuevas, looks at us coldly, distantly, from the masterful portrait left by El Greco almost five hundred years ago. The mother of the only son of …
Halloween in Toledo
Halloween and All Saints Day are approaching, an exceptional occasion to spend the night of October 31st in the city of Toledo. The magical city par excellence offers many options to spend the “most terrifying …
Available the magazine “Archivo Secreto”, number 5
Yesterday October 13, 2011 was presented the number 5 of the magazine “Archivo Secreto”, dedicated on this occasion to the city during the Civil War, on the 75th anniversary of the conflict. Click on “read …
The Emperor’s Organ. Toledo Cathedral
Toledo Cathedral has a dozen or so organs, if I don’t leave any. They are the following: the General, the Echevarría, Verdalonga, the Mozarabic Chapel, the two of the Chapel of the New Kings, the …
Eight good tips for visiting Toledo for the first time
When we visit a city like Toledo, especially if we are planning to spend a little time, we have the question of what to visit, when is the best time, what is essential to the …
La Campana Gorda de la Catedral de Toledo (Fat Bell)
Toledo Gorda Bell 248 steps, reformed, have taken us to the Gorda Bell of the Cathedral of Toledo, taking advantage of the opening ceremony on September 6, 2011. After the “read more”, we offer photographs …
History of “San Eugenio”, the Gorda Bell of Toledo Cathedral
On Tuesday September 6 (2011) was inaugurated by various authorities access to the “Big Bell” of the Cathedral, after 28 years closed to the public. Below we offer all the data, historical, anecdotal and technical …
The Lower Vega of Toledo
La Vega Baja de Toledo ” La Vega Baja de Toledo” is the title of the first book edited by Toletum Visigodo in collaboration with the Fundación Cultura y Deporte, the Toledo City Council and …
Toledo Ins贸lito, Essay on the magical, hidden and mysterious
Toledo Unusual, Essay on the magical, hidden and mysterious ” Legend has it that, during Antiquity, many infernal beings, magicians, witches, astrologers, necromancers, Sortilegos, fairies and elves came to populate the rocky mound that would …
The last palace of Galiana, complete book
The thousand-year-old splendour of Toledo has its paradigm in the fortified palace that stands on the outskirts of the city, upstream, in the so-called Huerta del Rey. Linked to the many stories and legends of …
Memories of a Stick Man
Toledo, the old capital of Spain, has never been able to benefit from the water of its river, the Tagus, which runs deep in a barranco at a drop of more than a hundred metres, …