Sephardic Week 2011 in Toledo

Sephardic Week 2011 in Toledo

From 29 August to 4 September Toledo commemorates the 12th European Day of Jewish Culture with numerous activities for all audiences. Follow them with us. PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES Projection of the documentary: “Jewish Toledo” Real …

World Youth Days in Toledo

World Youth Days in Toledo

More than 17,000 young people will spend these days in various cities of Castilla-La Mancha, including Toledo, on the occasion of the “World Youth Days “with many activities planned in Toledo as detailed below. The …

Unknown Heritage Routes in Toledo

Unknown Heritage Routes in Toledo

In 2004 the so-called “Unknown Heritage” routes were opened in Toledo, free and guided visits to various monuments, archaeological sites and other places of singular interest that have been recovered by the Consortium of the …

Prepare your visit. Tourism in Toledo

Prepare your visit. Tourism in Toledo

Do you plan to visit Toledo in the next few days? Do you come to do tourism and are you preparing your visit? Below we offer you recommendations and articles so that you can make …

The Custody of Toledo Cathedral

The Custody of Toledo Cathedral

Defined as one of the greatest jewels of Christianity, the “Custody” of Toledo Cathedral, a tower of more than two meters of gold and silver, runs through the streets of the city during Corpus Christi. …

The ten most impressive photographs of Toledo

The ten most impressive photographs of Toledo

The selection of ten images that I present here is very personal, inspired among other things by, in the first place, good friends, by the “virtual collection” that I have maintained for a long time …

Toledo and the Table of Solomon

Toledo and the Table of Solomon

A new publication by José Ignacio Carmona that presents a synthesis of some of the myths and historical antecedents that prefigure the Temple of Solomon as a clear example of sacred architecture, where the correlations …

Toledo's SIX Most Terrifying Legends

Toledo’s SIX Most Terrifying Legends

In these preamble days of summer, of holidays, during which many strive to examine themselves to fulfill their obligations and others conscientiously prepare their well-deserved vacations, we recover what we have published, and while we …

Santo Tomé Street, Toledo

The bells of San Lucas and Santo Tomé

Several of Toledo’s notable sons had spent the afternoon of a day in 1520 under the Gothic and spacious cloisters of the Holy Cathedral, as was their custom, talking about how they would put an …

VI Toledo Book Fair

VI Toledo Book Fair

From Saturday 7 to Sunday 15 May Toledo will have the sixth edition of the Book Fair, in the Plaza de Zocodover. The relationship between literature and cinema has been chosen as the theme with …

The Angel of the Hinge Door

The Angel of the Hinge Door

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