The Kiss, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
It was the time when Napoleon’s French army had taken Toledo (1808-1812) and so many soldiers camped in the square that they had to take all kinds of buildings, regardless of their class, use or …
The Tarpeya Rock
Towards the fourth century, and under the Roman domination of Toledo, we find a legend that, like so many others in the city, mixes love, religion, persecution and death. Toledo hides a violent history even …
Santa Maria de Melque and the “Table of Solomon”
José Ignacio Carmona, prolific researcher, sends us an interesting text that delves into the mystery of the “Table of Solomon”, and intrepidly associates the well-known “Santa María de Melque” with this object considered by many …
Don Esteban Illán, the magician from Toledo
Surely the most remembered character in medieval Toledo, after the Reconquest, was the Mozarabic knight Esteban Illán. Of the illustrious Toledans, it is the oldest that has a portrait inside the Cathedral, very close to …
Ruta Nocturna: Corners of Terrifying Legends in Toledo
Night of the Dead. The first route of legends (nocturnal) that we entirely write in this page comes to light today. We have not chosen this date at random. We want you to print it, …
Toledan Curiosities – Part One
Do you think you know Toledo? The thousand-year-old city encloses within its walls remarkable curiosities that the memory of chroniclers prevents them from falling into oblivion. We begin this series of articles with some of …
Unknown Heritage Routes
The Toledo Consortium brings light to Toledo’s “hidden” monuments. All those who have read or studied something about Toledo know that under the current buildings of our old town are hidden numerous remains of what …
The Holy Child of La Guardia
According to Toledo’s oral tradition, a group of Hebrews residing in Spain in 1491 decide, upon observing the Inquisition’s treatment of their brothers, to give a lesson to Christians by kidnapping a child and subjecting …
The Alfaquí
The coexistence of “three cultures” in Toledo was not as easy as some try to make us see… As in other occasions we have narrated in these same pages, the legends are the reflection of …
Round and round with the Vega Baja
For several months we Toledans have been listening and reading the intense debate that the archaeological discoveries in the area known as “Vega Baja” have provoked in different social, Culturel and political environments of the …
The stars shine over Toledo. Science and philosophy in Al-Andalus
I never tire of contemplating this city, which rises with gallantry over rough rocks encircled by the embrace of the Tagus. I like to sit among the rockrose on the shore, next to the bridge …
Stereoscopic Photography of Toledo
“Of all the views of Spanish cities, the landscape of Toledo is one of the most characteristic” Alois Beer (Austrian stereoscopic photographer) Toledo, for all the art it houses, its monumentality, natural environment, customs, popular …
The Well and the Pendulum Legend
The Well and the Pendulum, The Pit and the Pendulum, written in 1842, is one of Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known stories. We recommend its reading in absolute tranquillity, with little light, and with the certainty …
Tourist Guides and professional intruders
A few days ago we published an article in which we listed some companies that offer tourist services in the city of Toledo. Today we read in the press a news item that could affect …