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  Toledo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Toledo is a city located in central Spain, the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha.
Toledo served as the capital city of Visigothic Spain, beginning with Leovigild, and was the capital until the Moors conquered Iberia in the 8th century.
Cervantes described Toledo as a "rocky gravity, glory of Spain, and light of her cities." The old city is located on a mountaintop, surrounded on three sides by a bend in the River Tagus, and contains many historical sights, including the Alcázar, the cathedral (the primate church of Spain), and the Zocodover, a central marketplace.
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 Toledo (province) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha.
Of the province's 546,538 people (2002), only about 1/9 live in the capital, Toledo, which is also capital of the autonomous community.
The smallest municipality in Spain, Illán de Vacas, with a population of 5, is in Toledo province.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Toledo (Spain)
The last and smallest territorial section consists of the eastern portion of the Province of Jaen (rural deanery of Cazorla) and the northeastern portion of the Province of Granada (rural deanery of Huescar) surrounded by the dioceses of Jaen, Murcia, Almeria, and Guadix.
It was during the pontificate of Urban II that the Roman Rite was substituted for the ancient Isidorian or Mozarabic Rite (1089).
The most famous of all the councils of Toledo was the third national council (held in 589), in which King Reccared, the prelates, and grandees, proclaimed their abjuration of the Arian heresy and made a profession of faith according to the doctrine of the Council of Nicæa.
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 Toledo
Toledo occupies a hill on a loop in the River Tagus, and is immediately impressive whether you approach by car or are walking or catching the bus up from one of its stations.
Toledo's peak period was as the "city of the three cultures" in the 11th to 13th centuries, a time when Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities not only coexisted but flourished.
Toledo became the richest Spanish city north of Cordoba, and Sephardic Jews in particular consider the Toledo of that time a pinnacle of Jewish culture.
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 Toledo Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Toledo is a city in Lucas County on the northern border of Ohio and the western end of Lake Erie.
Toledo is known as the Glass City because of its long history of innovation in all aspects of the glass industry: windows, bottles, windshields, and construction materials.
The only casualty of the Toledo War was Michigan sheriff Joseph Wood, who was stabbed in the thigh by Two Stickney, the youngest son of Major Stickney in the Ohio militia, as he, his father, and his older brother One Stickney were being taken to jail.
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 Toledo, Spain City Guide: Tourist information on cheap hotels, apartments, monuments, maps, tours & excursions
The city of Toledo is the capital of the province of the same name, and is also the capital of the Autonomous Community called Castilla-La Mancha.
Toledo has a typical continental climate, cold in winter and hot in summer, although slightly tempered by the presence of the Tajo river flowing around its historic centre.
With the exception of the mountains along the southern fringe, the province, one of the largest in Spain, is a land of flat terrain devoted primarily to agriculture, livestock and light industry.
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 Toledo - a satellite of Madrid in Spain - Spanish cities
Toledo is both the capital of the province of the same name and the capital of the region of Castilla La Mancha.
Toledo has its own specialities on offer for the tourist and there is a massive craft movement in the city.
Toledo is not a popular place for vegetarians; it is indeed serious hunting territory, with venison, partridge and wild boar on most menus.
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 Toledo (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Toledo, Ohio, United States: the largest city named Toledo.
Francisco de Toledo: 16th-century Spanish viceroy of Peru.
Toledo, a version of the AMD Athlon 64 X2 cpu.
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 Toledo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Toledo is a city located in central Spain, the capital of the province of Toledo (province)Toledo and of the autonomous communities of Spainautonomous community of Castile-La Mancha/.
The council of 681 assured to the archbishop of Toledo the primate (religion)primacy/ of Spain.
In the 13th century Toledo was a major cultural center under the guidance of Alfonso X of CastileAlphonso X/, called "El Sabio" ("the Wise") for his love of learning.
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 toledo defenition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The council of 681 assured to the archbishop of Toledo the primate (religion) primacy of Spain.
The synod of 1565andndash;1566 concerned itself with the execution of the decrees of the Council of Trent; and the last council held at Toledo, 1582andndash;1583, was guided in detail by Philip II of Spain Philip II.
In the 13th century Toledo was a major cultural center under the guidance of Alfonso X of Castile Alphonso X, called "El Sabio" ("the Wise") for his love of learning.
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 Search Results for "Toledo"
Toledo, who has indigenous Andean roots, was born into poverty...
Toledo, University of, at Toledo, Ohio; coeducational; chartered 1872, opened 1875, and received its first municipal support in 1884.
Toledo, Francisco de, (franthe´sko tha tola´tho) (KEY), 1515?-84, Spanish viceroy of Peru (1569-81).
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 Toledo and Granada, Spain  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Toledo (Spain), city, central Spain, capital of Castile-La Mancha region and of Toledo Province, on the Tajo (Tagus) River, near Madrid.
Toledo has many towers, old gates, narrow, winding streets, massive houses, and predominantly Moorish architecture, which give it a medieval atmosphere.
Granada (city, Spain), city in southern Spain, capital of Granada Province, in Andalucía, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, at the confluence of the Genil and Darro rivers.
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 Toledo, Philippines, Pictures
Toledo, chartered city in the central Philippines, on the western coast of Cebu Island, in Cebu province.
Toledo lies on Tanon Strait across from Negros Island and the city of San Carlos.
Toledo is connected to Cebu, the provincial capital and second largest Philippine metropolitan area, by a road that crosses the rugged spine of the island.
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 Toledo (city, Spain)
The Moorish Alcázar (fortified palace) in Toledo was rebuilt after being damaged during a seige in the Spanish Civil War (1936–39).
Capital of Toledo province in Castilla-La Mancha autonomous community, central Spain, built on a granite hill above the River Tagus; population (2001 est) 69,500.
Toledo is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church in Spain (the bishop of Toledo is the most senior Spanish cleric).
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 Fiestas - Region I
Toledo Province - April 30 - "Fiesta del Olivo".
Toledo Province - June 1 - "Fiestas del Corpus Christi".
Festival dates for Toledo are March 26 - Apr. 2; May 1; May 28- June 4; Aug. 14-20; Sept. 27 and 28.
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 Hotel accommodation and paradores in Toledo, Spain.
The Imperial Hotel Toledo was built in the traditional architecture style of the city and was inaugurated in June 02.
The AC Hotel Ciudad de Toledo is a 49-room hotel, which is set in one of the most beautiful and renowned areas of Toledo on the river Tajo, with panoramic views of the city.
Carlos V Hotel Toledo is located in the centre of town between the Alcazar and Plaza de Zocodover.
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 Toledo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The old city is located on a mountaintop and contains many historical sights, including the Alcázar, the cathedral (the primate church of Spain), and the Zocodover, a central marketplace.
Toledo was famed for religious tolerance and had large communities of Jews and Muslims until they were expelled from Spain; the city therefore has important religious monuments like the Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca, the Synagogue of El Transito, and the Mosque of Cristo de la Luz.
On May 25, 1085 Alfonso VI of Castile took Toledo back from the Moors.
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 A2Z Languages: Madrid Day Trips
Toledo is the capital of the Toledo Province located in the center of Spain.
Toledo has several buildings of moorish architecture including many towers, old gates and massive houses giving it a medieval atmosphere.
Toledo is famous for its steel industry and manufacture of Damascene swords.
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 Articles - Toledo, Spain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It later served as the capital city of Visigothic Spain, beginning with Liuvigild (Leovigild), and was the capital until the Moors conquered Iberia in the 8th century.
Cervantes described Toledo as a "rocky gravity, glory of Spain, and light of her cities." The old city is located on a mountaintop, surrounded on three sides by a bend in the Tagus River, and contains many historical sites, including the Alcázar, the cathedral (the primate church of Spain), and the Zocodover, a central marketplace.
The cathedral of Toledo (Catedral de Toledo) in was modeled after the Bourges Cathedral though it also combines some characteristics of the Mudéjar style.
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 Toledo on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
60,671), capital of Toledo province, central Spain, in Castile-La Mancha, on a granite hill surrounded on three sides by a gorge of the Tagus River.
Toledo et Beatyriz Tolede Le président péruvien Alejandro Toledo, confronté à une grave crise de crédibilité, a choisi, po.
Alejandro Toledo El presidente de Perú, Alejandro Toledo, durante una conferencia de prensa en Madrid, el 6 de julio de 20.
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 Cutlery Definitions and Related History
Toledo sword blades were famous for their strength, elasticity, and craftsmanship; the art was introduced by Moorish artisans, and it is still carried on.
Toledo prospered as a capital of the Visigothic kingdom, and it was the scene of several important church councils.
Under the Moors and later under the kings of Castile, who made it their chief residence, Toledo was a center of the Moorish, Spanish, and Jewish cultures and thus a great center for translation (its School of Translators was revived in 1995).
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 Travel for Kids: Toledo, Spain
Toledo is the capital of the province of Toledo, about an hour south of Madrid and easy to reach by train or car.
Toledo is especially well known for sweets: look for almond paste marzipan, a hold-over from Moors, made into marquesas, a marzipan cupcake dusted with powdered sugar, or try ponche toledanas, found only here: shortcakes filled with quince jam and topped by almonds.
The swords of Toledo were as prized as the horses of Andalucia across Europe.
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 Saudi Aramco World : Arabs, Almonds, Sugar and Toledo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Their tolerance was repaid, for when King Alfonso VI of Castile reconquered Toledo in 1085, he offered generous conditions to its citizens, thus continuing a highly civilized period of convivencia, when Arabs, Christians and Jews lived prosperously and harmoniously in the city.
The Arabs of Toledo, he says, called their paste of sweet almonds and sugar mawthaban, which supposedly means 'seated king,' for, before they were baked, the pieces of marzipan were stamped with a coin that showed a king seated on his throne.
On the loading dock at the Delaviuda company in Sonseca, in Toledo province, about 25 tons of top-quality almonds, worth about $200,000, arrived in white sacks while I was standing there, just one of many deliveries.
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 Soria, Tarragona, Teruel, Toledo, Valencia, Tuspain.com, Travel, Cities, Hotels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The majority of the province is suitable for hunting and the most popular of big game are deer or stag, the roe deer and the wild boar.
he province of TOLEDO lies to the south of Madrid with a population of 510,000 and is bounded to the north by the Gredos mountains and to the south by those of Toledo with the plain between them through which the River Tagus flows.
Toledo with its beautiful buildings and past history stands on a hill around which the river makes a sharp bend.
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Toledo (Spain), city, central Spain, capital of Castile-La Mancha region and of Toledo Province, on the Tagus River, near Madrid.
On the highest ground stands the Alcazar, a vast, square edifice with four towers, now a military academy, around which the houses of Toledo are grouped in a semicircle.
From about AD 534 to 712, Toledo was the capital of the Visigothic kingdom in Spain and because a great ecclesiasti cal center.
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 Chapter 14: The Crusader Kingdom of Valencia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Urban II had chosen Toledo, on the occasion of that city's recapture from Islam in 1085, to be the modern bearer of the primatial status.
To appreciate the unfairness of this charge, one should recall that the incumbent of Toledo was by far the most prominent and untiring crusader among the prelates of the peninsula; indeed, he was one of the great warrior bishops of the Middle Ages.
Toledo would reject the Anastasius privilege as inapplicable, since in law the general principle is assumed even when such a special exception is granted.
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 Avila --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It has an area of 3,107 square miles (8,048 square km) and is separated from Madrid province (east) by the Sierra de Guadarrama and from Toledo province (south) by the Sierra de Gredos.
The city of Ávila is situated on the Adaja River at 3,715 feet (1,132 metres) above sea level and is surrounded by the lofty Sierra de Gredos (south) and the Sierra de Guadarrama (east).
The city is situated on the Adaja River at 3,715 feet (1,132 meters) above sea level and is surrounded by the lofty mountain ranges of the Sierra de Gredos (to the south) and the Sierra de Guadarrama (to the...
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 Toledo : Shopping   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Toledo is equally renowned for its damasquinado, or damascene work, the Moorish art of inlaying gold, even copper or silver threads, against a matte fl steel backdrop.
The province of Toledo is also renowned for its pottery, which is sold in so many shops at competitive prices that it's almost unnecessary to recommend specific branches hawking these wares.
Since Talavera is the largest city in the province, it is hardly a picture-postcard little potter's village.
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 SOL CÁDIZ - SOL Spain On Line   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
At the same time, the province of Cádiz offers a marvellous coastline and beaches, that, for the time being, has been spared from massive construction.
Cádiz is the most southern province of the Iberian Peninsula.
To the northwest of the province are located the famous White Villages of Cadiz, calls thus because all of them have a common denominator: surroundings of escepcional beauty, narrow streets, great slopes and adorned white houses with flowers.
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 Toledo - National Parks International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
City, central Spain, capital of Castile-La Mancha region and of Toledo Province, on the Tajo...
Toledo is a spectacularly beautiful city about 45 kms from Madrid.
Toledo, is set on a large rocky mound among rather flat, dry countryside.
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 A2Z Languages Madrid City Guide - Madrid Day Trips
Toledo is located in the center of Spain, just south of Madrid, and is the capital of Castilla-La Mancha and of the Toledo Province.
In the center of the city rises a Gothic cathedral (1227-1493) with 40 chapels.
The highest vantage point in Toledo is the Alcazar, a vast square edifice with four towers, which now houses a military museum.
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