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Toledo Travel Guide

Toledo was one of the most important medieval cities and the capital of the Spanish Empire. Toledo was famed for its production of steel and especially of swords and the city is still a center for the manufacture of knives and other steel implements.

About Toledo

Toledo covers an area of 89.5 sq. miles (232.1 square Km) and is estimated to have a population of 77.000 people being 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.

Casa del Diamantista

Paseo del Barco del Pasaje, s/n, Toledo, Spain
Tel: +34 925 220843

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 This famous building currently houses the Escuela Taller where pupils learn and practise a variety of different trades. It’s located at the far end of the Paseo del Barco del Pasaje and is partly built on rocks jutting out over the Tajo River with a walk-way above the running water. For centuries the building was known as the Casa del tinte del barco. Then, during the 19th century, it received its current name due to the popular belief that a tenant who was a goldsmith by trade designed and made Isabel II’s crown. Closed to the public.

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