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In 1818, the first log home was built in the area now known as the Old West End; then in 1829, the first tavern and store were built. [3]The Old West End was platted in 1866, and "the wealthiest and most well-to-do of Toledo began moving away from their former downtown homes to live in this new development far from the city". [4]
History of Toledo, Spain. The city of Toledo as depicted in the Codex Vigilanus in 976. Toledo is the repository of more than 2000 years of history. Successively a Roman municipium, the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom, a major city in Al-Andalus and the Kingdom of Castile. Its many works of art and architecture are the product of three major ...
Vistula Historic District is a designated historic district in the city of Toledo, Ohio, USA, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district comprises Toledo's oldest extant neighborhood and encompasses an area roughly bounded by Champlain, Summit, Walnut and Magnolia streets. Vistula was a village established on land in what ...
The 16,000 revised MB model Jeeps back then were $738.74 each. Today's Jeeps range in base price from about $28,475 for the two-door body style to $31,975 for the four-door, according to U.S. News ...
Coordinates: 39°51′38″N 4°1′27.3″W. Mosque of Cristo de la Luz (north side) Western façade. The Mosque of Cristo de la Luz is a Catholic chapel and former mosque in Toledo, Spain. It is the one of the ten that existed in the city during the Moorish period. The edifice was then known as Mezquita Bab-al-Mardum, deriving its name from ...
Website. www.nmgl.org. The National Museum of the Great Lakes is a museum in the Toledo Maritime Center, a heritage location on the banks of the Maumee River on the east side of Toledo, Ohio. Operated by the Great Lakes Historical Society, it celebrates the natural and built heritage of the North American Great Lakes from a U.S. perspective.
Alcázar of Toledo. Coordinates: 39.858084°N 4.020631°W. The Alcázar of Toledo. Main facade. 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 ...
The Artificio de Juanelo ("Gianello's artifice") was the name of two devices built in Toledo in the 16th century by Juanelo Turriano. They were designed to supply the city with a source of readily available water by lifting it from the Tagus ( Tajo) river to the Alcázar. Now in ruins, the precise details of the operation of the devices are ...