Please tell me about Toledo, Spain ( just info about the city)?

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Toledo is one of the Spanish cities with the greatest wealth of monuments. Known as the â€œcity of the three culturesâ€, because Christians, Arabs and Jews lived together there for centuries, behind its walls Toledo preserves an artistic and cultural legacy in the form of churches, palaces, fortresses, mosques and synagogues. This great diversity of artistic styles makes the old quarter of the capital of La Mancha a real open-air museum, which has led to it being declared a World Heritage Site.

Toledo (Latin: Toletum) is a city and municipality located in central Spain, 70 km south of Madrid. It is the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive cultural and monumental heritage as one of the former capitals of the Spanish Empire and place of coexistence of Christian, Jewish and Moorish cultures. Many famous people and artists were born or lived in Toledo, including Garcilaso de la Vega, Alfonso X and El Greco, and it was the place of important historic events such as the Visigothic Councils of Toledo. As of 2007, the city has a population of 78.618 and an area of 232.1 kmÂ² (89.59 square miles).

Toledo later served as the capital city of Visigothic Spain, beginning with Liuvigild (Leovigild), and was the capital until the Moors conquered Iberia in the 8th century. Under the Caliphate of Cordoba, Toledo enjoyed a golden age. This extensive period is known as La Convivencia, i.e. the co-existence of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Under Arab rule, Toledo was called Tulaytulah (Arabic Ø·Ù„ÙŠØ·Ù„Ø©, academically transliterated á¹¬ulayá¹ulah).

On May 25, 1085 Alfonso VI of Castile took Toledo and established direct personal control over the Moorish city from which he had been exacting tribute, and ending the mediaeval Taifa's Kingdom of Toledo . This was the first concrete step taken by the combined kingdom of Leon-Castile in the Reconquista by Christian forces.

Toledo was famed for its production of iron and especially of swords and the city is still a center for the manufacture of knives and other steel implements. When Philip II moved the royal court from Toledo to Madrid in 1561, the old city went into a slow decline from which it never recovered.

Toledo's AlcÃ¡zar became renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries as a military academy. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 its garrison was famously besieged by Republican forces.

finestrat1

www.toledo.es is your page

Jane S

Well, if you are doing a project for school, your best bet is to do your own research. All you really need is a COMPUTER, with hookup to the INTERNET, and then you search for Toledo, Spain. You will be amazed at all the cool information you will find that way.

After all, that IS what your teacher wanted you to do when he/she assigned you to do a project...to LEARN something.

wahoo

I was there once, the city itself is very old and has a lot of history. The buildings are beautiful as far as architecture goes. Very gothic looking. Of course there is all ways the flamenco dancers and bull fights, I did not go to the bull fights, not for me. I am sure you will enjoy a couple of days stay there, I did.

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