Profiles of Toledo: panoramic views of the city
Some “forget” to visit one of the greatest shows that the city offers to the visitor: the “Ronda del Valle”. A sample of the best face of the city, postcard photographs difficult to forget and …
The Alley of the Jacintos
On the edge of the Jewish quarter of Toledo, a legend of love between the Jew Salome and a Christian knight who, once again, ends in tragedy… An arrogant gentleman descends along the Cuesta del …
Fly over Toledo with Microsoft
It also includes the visualization of maps as a street map and incorporates a “bird’s eye view” option (similar to Googlemaps, although with even better resolution), with which it is possible to observe the city …
Exhibition “Hispania Gothorum, San Ildefonso and the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo”.
Inaugurated on Tuesday 23 January by Regional President José María Barreda at the Santa Cruz Museum until 30 June 2007, ‘Hispania Gothorum. San Ildefonso and the Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo’ reveals the historical and cultural …
The Architect’s wife (Legend of the Bridge of San MartÃn)
More than thirty years had passed since the bridge was badly damaged during the disputes between Pedro el Cruel and Enrique de Trastámara, when Archbishop Tenorio decided to undertake an ambitious reform of the work …
Inquisition in Toledo
For centuries the Inquisition in Toledo greatly influenced the lives of the Toledo people. The following article shows how only fear of the unknown, the subterranean, or “torment” led to the confession of numerous inmates. …
Marzipan Toledano
Marzipan is a very typical sweet throughout Spain and particularly in Toledo, where at Christmas especially and throughout the year the visitor can buy the best candy made with the aim of giving the most …
Toledan Curiosities, third part
We continue with this singular series of articles dedicated to some of the curiosities that Toledo contains. On topics as diverse as swords, braziers, suburbs, Mozarabs, hospitals, cleaning and “Tuesday”, try this article. The “Brasero” …
Patronio Project
Seven Teachers’ Centres in the province of Toledo organize the so-called ” Patronio Project”, which includes a set of activities whose main objective is “the cultural dynamization of the educational communities of the Primary and …
The Clepsidra
Towards 1076 the people that inhabited the then Muslim city of Toledo gave themselves to fastos to celebrate the victory of their king Al-Mamún over the Sevillian monarch, Al-Motamid. Numerous are the walíes, alcaides and …
Toledo, XX years as a World Heritage Site
” Any attempt to inventory Toledo’s patrimonial wealth would be an unjustifiable and impossible bet to cover. If that argument were raised again today, the answer would be similar. In these twenty years, Toledo’s heritage …
Synagogue “Santa MarÃa la Blanca”.
Santa María la Blanca Synagogue in Toledo “Santa María la Blanca” is not a common name for a Synagogue… Toledo has stood out for centuries for the “coexistence” of cultures that has modified on many …
The Palace of Galiana and Alfonso VI
The Reconquest of Toledo by Alfonso VI in 1085 to the Muslims, still continues to inspire great chivalrous adventures, being one of the most deeply rooted traditions in the city and on which many legends …
The Alcazar of Toledo
One of the most emblematic monumental buildings of the city, narrated in hundreds of stories and described since antiquity. In its long life it has suffered fires, remodeling, bombardments… Between its walls it accumulates great …