Toledo

Toledo is a city with a rich history, the former capital of Spain, which is located on a hill on the high bank of the Tahoe River.

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The main sights of Toledo are the Cathedral of the Virgin Mary and the Alcazar Palace, which is not only an invaluable historical monument that preserves the events of the past centuries, but also the main tourist symbol of Toledo, its visiting card. The fortress walls and the Bisagra Gate, which welcomed guests arriving in Toledo from the Madrid side. The date of their construction is unknown. We will see the structure as it was built in the 16th century.

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El GrecoHouse Museum, one of the largest collections of El Greco in the world, occupying a palace of the XVI century, once belonging to the Jewish patron of art Samuel Ha-Levi. Within the walls of the museum are kept personal belongings of the artist, furniture, furnishings and decorations of the turn of the XVI-XVII centuries, two dozen paintings of the master belonging to the period 1600-1614 , the Mosque of Santo Cristo de la Luz, the Synagogue of Our Lady of la Blanca and others.

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