Written by actonsteve on June 28, 2001
- There is more to Toledo than ancient history, its modern history is impressive too. For this was one of the more memorable battlegrounds of the civil war. Where Franco's nationalists held out in a bitter...
Written by actonsteve on June 28, 2001
- In a country that boasts some breathtaking cathedrals the seat of the primate of all Spain has to be something special - and it is! Toledo Catedral ranks with Salamanca, Sevilla and the incomparable Santiago...
Written by actonsteve on June 27, 2001
- Your first view of Toledo will take your breath away. A great brown spread of buildings on a rocky mound isolated on three sides by the looping gorge of the Rio Tajo. Every inch of...
Written by marseilles on March 25, 2007
- We had booked our flights online from London Gatwick to Madrid even before coming to England. (Despite all the budget airlines proliferating in Europe, British Airways was still the one that gave us the best...
Written by sam and ofi on February 6, 2002
- A week after visiting Toledo we were sharing a Sabbath meal at the home of a
very hospitable Jewish family in Gibraltar. We ran into the husband at the
kosher bakery and he immediately invited us to...
Written by caseallen on February 8, 2002
- Our original plan was to drive from Zaragoza to Madrid, where we would spend 4 days--one of which would be a day-trip to Toledo. However, once we got to the outskirts of Madrid, we...
Written by GreenMermaid on January 6, 2001
- I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a slow learner, and that it was only after four days and four cities in Spain that I figured out Siesta Time: what time it occurs,...
Written by Adelaide on November 11, 2000
- Born on the island of Crete, Domenikos Theotocopoulos, El Greco, received his artistic training in Venice and came to Spain during the decade 1570-1580, attracted by the call put out for painters needed to decorate...
Written by Adelaide on November 11, 2000
- Romans arrived in the 2nd century BC, and their presence is still visible in the remains of the walls, the foundations of certain buildings and on the outskirts, where an ancient Roman Circus, as yet...
Written by Stircrazy on August 24, 2000
- El Greco, 'The Greek'
(1541-1614), Spanish mannerist painter, whose work, with that of Francisco de Goya and Diego Velázquez, represents the acme of Spanish art. El Greco (The Greek) was born on Crete (Kríti) (then a...
Toledo
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