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The Palacio de Galiana is a Mudéjar palace in Toledo, Spain, on the borders of the Tagus River. It was built on the site of an earlier summer villa and garden of Al-Mamun , the king of the Taifa of Toledo , in the thirteenth century by king Alfonso X of Castile .
This Category encompasses palaces both modern and ancient, royal and otherwise, within or close in to the city of Toledo, region of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palaces in Toledo, Spain .
The Puerta de Bisagra Nueva ("The New Bisagra Gate") is the best known city gate of Toledo, Spain. The gate is of Moorish origin, but the main part was built in 1559 by Alonso de Covarrubias. [1] It carries the coat of arms of the emperor Charles V. It superseded the Puerta Bisagra Antigua as the main entrance to the city.
Toledo (UK: / t ɒ ˈ l eɪ d oʊ / tol-AY-doh; [3] Spanish: ⓘ) is a city and municipality of Spain, the capital of the province of Toledo and the de jure seat of the government and parliament of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha.
The Alcázar of Toledo (Spanish: Alcázar de Toledo, IPA: [alˈkaθaɾ ðe toˈleðo]) is a stone fortification located in the highest part of Toledo, Spain. It is a large quadrangular building measuring 60 meters on a side, framed by four large towers 60 meters high, each crowned by the typical Madrid spire .
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The Palacio Buenavista is a 16th-century palace, its history begins when the cardinal Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas wants to build a large house on the outskirts of Toledo. Now it is a five-star hotel. Palacio de Buenavista original.
The Archdiocese of Toledo (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Toletana) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in Spain. [ 6 ] [ 1 ] They are also the Primates of Spain . It was, according to tradition established in the 1st century by James the Great and was elevated to an archdiocese in 313 after the Edict of Milan .