states: [spain]
category: cultural
year: 1986
location: Province of Toledo, Autonomous Community of Castile-La Mancha
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 39.8668888900, -4.0294166670
visited: 2018
Successively a Roman municipium, the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom, a fortress of the Emirate of Cordoba, an outpost of the Christian kingdoms fighting the Moors and, in the 16th century, the temporary seat of supreme power under Charles V, Toledo is the repository of more than 2,000 years of history. Its masterpieces are the product of heterogeneous civilizations in an environment where the existence of three major religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – was a major factor.
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