[2/2] #Toledo cont. Toledo’s UNESCO listing also reflects its concentration of monuments from different periods (Roman, Visigothic, Islamic, Gothic & Renaissance), as well as its roles as a former capital of Spain & an intellectual center in medieval Europe. Puente de Alcántara is a bridge across the Río Tajo of Roman origin, although the current structure is largely medieval (📷1). Puerta del Sol | the Sun Gate was built by the Knights Hospitaller, a Catholic military order, in the late 13th to early 14th C. & combines Romanesque & Islamic styles (📷2). Both landmarks—the bridge & the gate—seem to typify Toledo’s architectural layer cake, in which the constructs of different periods are superimposed to create something not fully one thing nor the other. As a whole, the intact old town serves as a poignant reminder of the heritage lost to “strategic” bombing during WWII elsewhere in Europe (there was some damage during the Spanish Civil War). While wandering the old town this street corner made us think of the approach to the Treasury in Petra (📷3); even the more modern buildings are commonly sympathetic in style (📷4).

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[1/2] The historic centre of #Toledo in Castilla-La Mancha (the plains around which are the stomping grounds of fictional character Don Quixote, 1st penned in 1605 CE) is a UNESCO-listed World Heritage Site. Situated on a hill above the Río Tajo | Tagus River, the old town’s skyline is dominated by the Alcázar—a fortress with layers of Roman, Moorish & Spanish history, now a military museum (📷1); seen here from Mirador del Valle. Toledo’s listing in part reflects a long history of coexistence between Jewish, Muslim & Christian cultures—thus reference to the “city of three cultures”. In the Judería | Jewish Quarter we visited Sinagoga del Tránsito (1357–1391), converted to a church in 1492 & a museum of Jewish history since 1910 (📷2). There were queues to see the Moorish interior of Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca; also in the vicinity is the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, known for its ornate cloisters (but we were feeling out-cloistered by now!). Instead we saw a Moorish exterior, at the former Mosque of Cristo de la Luz (999–1186), said to be one of the best-preserved Islamic structures in the city, despite conversion into a chapel (📷3). Catedral Primada Metropolitana de Santa María de la Asunción, the city’s 13th C. Gothic cathedral features an elaborate interior, including ornate carved “miserycords” into which monks would lean backwards in order to remain technically standing during long services (📷4).

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🎙️ ■ Nil Moliner encabeza el gran cartel de LOS40 Pop Toledo Corpus 2026 junto a Walls, Chiara Oliver y más artistas ■
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Rutas Enemigas #605

- George Brassens: La mauvaise reputation
- Yves Montand: Quand un soldat
- Rafael Farina: Por diso que me vuelvo loco
- Marlene: Lata d'agua
- Peggy Lee: Lover!
- Dinah Washington: New blowtop blues
- Jo Stafford: Jambalaya
- Marty Robbins: I'll go on alone
- Cisco Houston
- Muddy Waters
- Big Mama Thornton
- Charlie Parker
- The Ravens
- Lloyd Price & His Orchestra
- Bill Haley & The Saddlemen

https://archive.org/details/programa-605-de-rutas-enemigas

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Esta semana viajamos a 1952. Otro repaso al pasado aleatorio, azaroso y somero, pero muy disfrutón.

https://archive.org/details/programa-605-de-rutas-enemigas

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Different Paths, Same Destination

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