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2. Alcázar of Toledo - Wikipedia

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   The Alcázar of Toledo ( Spanish: Alcázar de Toledo, IPA: [alˈkaθaɾ ðe toˈleðo]) is a stone fortification located in the highest part of Toledo, Spain. It is a large quadrangular building measuring 60 meters on a side, framed by four large towers 60 meters high, each crowned by the typical Madrid spire. Most of the building was rebuilt ...

3. Subterranean Toledo - Wikipedia

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   The best known cave in Toledo is the Cave of Hercules. There are several legends surrounding this cave, but the most recognized is the story of how Don Rodrigo in part caused the fall of Spain to the Moors by completing Hercules’ prophecy and opening the cave. Some private residences within the old town also have historic caves that are ...

4. Museum of Santa Cruz - Wikipedia

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   The Museum of Santa Cruz ( Spanish: Museo de Santa Cruz) is an art, archaeology and ethnographic museum located in the historic centre of the city of Toledo, Spain. It exhibits collections pertaining to the province of Toledo, including works painted by El Greco in the city of Toledo. The museum is housed in an architecturally significant 16th ...

5. Roman baths of Toledo - Wikipedia

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   The Roman baths of Toledo or Roman thermae of Amador de los Ríos are ruins of Roman thermae located in the city of Toledo in Castile-La Mancha, Spain . The baths can be seen as part of the system of supplying clean water to the city (then known by the Latin name of Toletum ). From the scale of the surviving infrastructure, they are assumed to ...

6. Castle of San Servando - Wikipedia

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   Castle of San Servando. Coordinates: 39.8604°N 4.0156°W. Castle of San Servando. The Castle of San Servando is a medieval castle in Toledo, Spain, near the Tagus River. It was begun as a monastery, occupied first by monks and later by the Knights Templar . In 1874 the castle was named a national monument. The fortress was depicted in El Greco ...

7. Puerta de Bisagra Nueva - Wikipedia

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   Puerta de Bisagra Nueva. Coordinates: 39.8625°N 4.0252°W. View from the outside of the city. The Puerta de Bisagra Nueva ("The New Bisagra Gate") is the best known city gate of Toledo, Spain. The gate is of Moorish origin, but the main part was built in 1559 by Alonso de Covarrubias. [1] It carries the coat of arms of the emperor Charles V.

8. El Greco Museum, Toledo - Wikipedia

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   Designated. 1 March 1962. Reference no. RI-51-0001411. The El Greco Museum ( Spanish: Museo del Greco[ 1 ]) is a single-artist museum in Toledo, Spain, devoted to the work and life of El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1541–1614), who spent much of his life in Toledo, having been born in Fodele, Crete. It is one of the National Museums of ...

9. City walls of Toledo - Wikipedia

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   The City Walls of Toledo are the city walls of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. They were made by several civilizations that inhabited Toledo. Toledo was first walled by Romans, and the remains of some Roman walls can still be found today. Stones of these walls were reused during reconstruction by the Visigoths, who tripled the walls in size.