top of page
Writer's picturePaul Burge

Treading Toledo's 2000-year history: Mosques, Monasteries & Synagogues | When in Spain podcast Ep.64

Updated: Sep 16, 2020

Listen to this episode using the player below or on your favourite podcast app



In this episode of the When in Spain podcast I pound the steep and winding cobbled streets of the former Spanish capital,Toledo. I discover its incredibly rich and varied history, once a city where Moors, Christians and Sephardic Jews all lived side by side.


View of Toledo and the alcazar
Toledo

Capital of Spain until 1563, when the honour passed to the backwater village of Madrid just 46 miles away, Toledo, in Castilla-La Mancha, has become a classic day-trip destination, just a half-hour hop from its neighbour by high-speed train.



But with its huge haul of churches and convents, mosques and synagogues the city deserves more than just a stop-off.


For When in Spain Patrons, here´s a video I shot in Toledo which rounds-up some of the places I visit in this podcast episode. https://www.patreon.com/posts/treading-toledos-34818237

Not a Patron? Sign-up here patreon.com/wheninspain



Santa Iglesia Catedral Primada de Toledo on a sunny day
Santa Iglesia Catedral Primada de Toledo

White keyhole arches of a former synagogue
Santa María la Blanca


Places I visited in the podcast episode...


  • Plaza Zocodover

  • Alcázar

  • Santa Iglesia Catedral Primada de Toledo

  • Casco Historico and Judaría

  • Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes

  • Sinagoga del Tránsito

  • Iglesia de Santo Tomé

  • Santa María la Blanca (Ancient Synagogue converted into a Church)

  • Cristo de la Luz (Former Arabic Mosque)

  • Puerta de Valmardón/Bab Al Mardum


 

Transport yourself to more parts of Spain with the podcast...

Listen to these episodes too!


0 comments

Commentaires


bottom of page