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Quote: Toledo Cathedral is the main thing for the Spaniards - here is chair of the Archbishop of Toledo, the supreme hierarch of the country. The uniqueness of the cathedral, not only in its architecture or interior Read More
Quote: This modest little 14th-century chapel, situated on a narrow street in the old Jewish quarter, might have been overlooked had it not possessed El Greco's masterpiece The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, created in Read More
Quote: If you travel to Spain,,,after visiting Barcelona, make sure you rent a small car and drive up to Toledo. This place is like no place on Earth!!!The people here are superbly amicable, friendly and very Read More
Quote: Toledo was supposed to be the resting place of the great monarchs, for which the monastery of San Juan de los Reyes (founded in honor of the victory over the Castilians Portuguese on the river Toro, 1476) is Read More
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Quote: The Jewish community once thrived in this area, but were expulsed from Spain by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492. Toledo is considered by Sephardic Jews as a city of symbolic importance, second only to Jerusalem. Read More
Quote: Of pre-Roman origin, the city fell to the Romans about 193 BC and was named Toletum. From about AD 534 to 712, Toledo was the capital of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain and became a great ecclesiastical center. Read More
Quote: This used to cost 600 pesetas in 2000, and it is terrific. It should really be done both in daylight and when the city is floodlit, when it seems like pure magic. I am sure it is not really called a Read More
Quote: Jewish Toledo Toledo is a very special city for Jews. Though the Jews were never the majority in Toledo, their presence was important to the city and its history. Non-Jews knew them as money-lenders, merchants Read More
Quote: We started at the Alcazar in Toledo, parking right across the street. We then walked through the labyrinthine streets attempting to get to the cathedral. One can not truly get 'lost' here because the city is Read More