Toledo

Castilla-La Mancha

Spain

Toledo is of pre-Roman origin; it fell to the Romans in 193B.C.  A fortified city on a granite hill surrounded on three sides by a gorge of the Tagus River, with its chief landmark, the impressive El Alcázar (fortified palace) on the highest point of the city.  In the beginning the Romans used it as a palace. It was largely destroyed in the 1936 Spanish civil war.  After the war the fortress was again restored; today it houses the Army's offices and a museum.  Other notable medieval architectures in Toledo include the Alcántara or Saint Martin's Bridge, De Loz Reyes Church, the Gothic Cathedral, etc.

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