Toledo

We had three days in Toldeo, a beautiful old city occupied by Romans, Visigoths, Moors and Christians with a substantial Jewish population in the middle ages. 
Bus loads of day trippers during the day, tranquil at night and early morning.

Toledo - medieval city of three cultures: Christian, Muslim and Jew

The Cathedral and Alcázar (Palace-Castle) of Toledo

Roman Alcántara bridge over the River Tajo

10th century Arabic Alcántara gate

Main entrance to Toledo Cathedral 

A street in Toledo

Santo Tomé Church, 12th century, built on an 11th century mosque

El Greco's Burial of the Count of Orgaz in Santo Tomé Church

15th century Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes 

Cloister of the Monastery

Ceiling in the Monastery

Entrance to the Church in the Monastery

Saint Martin bridge fortified with towers both ends

Mudéjar gate to Saint Martin bridge

An old mill on the River Tajo below the Saint Martin bridge

Santa Maria la Blanca 12th century synagogue - a church since 1492

Church of San Salvador, a 9th century mosque became a church in 1159

Cristo de La Luz dating from 999 was a mosque ...

... until King Alfonso VI defeated the Moors there in 1085 ...

... when it became a church

Puerta del Sol (Sun Gate) built in the 14th century by the Knights of St John

15th century Convent of the Mother of God is now part of the University

The Jesuit Church took 200 years to complete - 1569 to 1765

Elevated walkway at the College for Privileged Girls founded in 1551

Don Quijote made from Mazipan, for which Toledo is famous

We bought our Mazipans from the nuns at Santo Domingo

Santiago de Arrabal built in 1245 on the site of a mosque ...

... retains Mudéjar characteristics of the original mosque

Some of the gates into the old city of Toledo

We left from the Railway Station built 1915 in the Toledo style