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| Panorama of Toledo |
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| Roman causeway (road) with a mosque built upon it in the background. |
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| Inside the tiny mosque, built for a families private use in the year 999, are 9 tower/copulas, each a different style. This style is called the Caliphate style which is early Moorish style when they first settled in Spain. The other style "modesco" is a later influence after hundreds of years in Spain and melding with Jews and Christians in Toledo. |
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| The back wall of the little mosque was added later - it would have been open to the garden in the past. That part of the mosque is built upon a roman wall dating from 1000 years before the mosque was built. And the roman wall was built upon a cave (seen through the glass floor now) that dates back to the original Toledano inhabitants some 6000 years ago. Toledo is a town of recycling and reuse - building on things from the past. |
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| Some selfies... |
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| Walled city of Toledo |
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| Surrounding area |
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| Catedral de los Reyes. Intended resting place of King and Queen, until they changed their minds and were buried in Granada. |
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| Synagogue in Moorish style from 1100s |
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| Dad with Toledo panorama in background. El Alcazar off to the right. |
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