Hispanophiles Podcast

Idiot's Guide To Toledo - Faiths and Fortresses


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The Romans, the Visigoths, the Sephardim, the Moors and the Castilians.... Each great civilisation in Spain left its mark in the Medieval Fortress City of Toledo. The first ever capital of what would later be called Spain, Toledo is located almost perfectly in the middle of the country and entices countless culture-cravers with its otherworldly relics and architectural gems. Come explore one of Spain's truly great cities as we trace the steps of Visigothic kings, Jewish scholars, Umayyad statesmen, Catholic knights and a plot to blow up the biggest building on the skyline....

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