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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.

Castillo de San Servando

Subida de San Servando, s/n, Toledo, Spain
Tel: +34 925 224554
a5.jpgThe Castillo de San Servando is what remains of part of Toledo’s defences and is reached by crossing the Alcantara Bridge. There were fortifications as far back as the Moslem era and probably in Visigothic times too. When Alfonso VI took the city in 1085 he built the castle on the ruins of older buildings. Two further reconstructions have taken place, one in the 12th century and again in 1380. The final rebuilding incorporated Arabic elements including a large central square and turrets. Castilla La Mancha’s first regional government chamber was established here in 1983. Nowadays, the castle contains a youth hostel and is only open to members. For more information on this, please see accomodation.

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