Toledo

Toledo – a city with a rich history, the former capital of Spain, located on a hill, on the high bank of the Tajo river.

The main attractions of Toledo are the Catedral Primada de Toledo and the Alcázar palace, which is not just a priceless historical monument preserving events of past centuries, but also the main tourist symbol of Toledo, its business card. The walls and Bisagra gate, which welcomed guests arriving in Toledo from the side of Madrid. The date of their construction is unknown. We will see the structure in its form preserved since the 16th century.

The El Greco House-Museum, one of the largest collections of El Greco in the world, occupies a 16th-century palace that once belonged to the Jewish patron Samuel Ha-Levi. Within the walls of the museum are personal belongings of the artist, furniture, decorative items from the turn of the 16th-17th centuries, and two dozen paintings by the master dating from 1600-1614. The Mosque of Santo Cristo de la Luz, the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, etc.

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