Toledo, Spain
Toledo is a city in Spain with a population of 85,000. It is a historical city with a lot of monuments. The city was important from the Roman period to the 18th century. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha and the Toledo province. Many famous people and artists were born or lived in this city, including Garcilaso de la Vega, Alfonso X and El Greco. A city in Ohio was named after this.
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| Coordinates: 39°51′24″N 4°1′28″W / 39.85667°N 4.02444°WCoordinates: 39°51′24″N 4°1′28″W / 39.85667°N 4.02444°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous Community | Castile–La Mancha |
| Province | Toledo |
| Comarca | Toledo |
| Partido judicial | Toledo |
| Settled | Pre-Roman |
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| • Mayor | Emiliano García-Page Sánchez (PSOE) |
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| • Land | 232.1 km2 (89.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 529 m (1,736 ft) |
| Population (2012)INE | |
| • Total | 84,019 |
| Postcode | 45001-45009 |
| Website | http://www.ayto-toledo.org/ |
Sinagoga del Tránsito
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- A Black and White Photograph taken in the Synagogue of El Transito - Toledo Spain.jpeg
- A Black and White Photograph inside the Synagogue of El Transito - Toledo Spain.jpeg
- A Black and White Photo taken in the Synagogue of El Transito - Toledo Spain.jpeg
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Toledo, Spain Media
Baños de Tenerías, one of the Muslim baths in the city
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Depiction of people from Toledo in AD 976, from the 10th-century Codex Vigilanus.
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Territory controlled by the Taifa of Toledo circa 1037
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Toledo as depicted in the Civitates orbis terrarum (1572)
View and Plan of Toledo by city resident El Greco c. 1608
Republican militia women besieging the Alcázar, controlled by the Nationalist faction
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Opening of the railway in Toledo in June 1858
- Panorama of Toledo from the Virgen del Valle by Juan Laurent.jpg
Panorama of Toledo from the Virgen del Valle by Juan Laurent
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Heinrich Himmler and General José Moscardó visiting the ruins of the Alcázar
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Spanish rooftop view by Nedi Lufcic
Notes
Further reading
- Hannah Lynch (1898), Toledo, Mediaeval Towns, London: J.M. Dent & Co., OCLC 150311124
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- Municipality
- Exhibit on Toledo, Ohio Sister City Agreement Archived 2009-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
- Photography of Toledo by Antony Marsh
- http://lahistoriadefermosa.com Archived 2013-06-07 at the Wayback Machine "La Historia de Fermosa" Abraham S. Marrache, Hebraica Ediciones 2009, a historical novel in Spanish about the love affair in 1179 between King Alfonso VIII of Castile and the young Toledan Jewess, Fermosa.
- Sunset in Toledo Archived 2009-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, Eretz Acheret Archived 2012-12-05 at Archive.today Magazine
- Legends of Toledo
- Free Audio Guide of Toledo ES/EN
- Spain's official website - Info about Toledo Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
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