View of Toledo Poster

This is a low resolution for the web, the print you'll get has sharper details. Photography by Minerva Bloom. CUSTOMIZE IT: choose your size, change the border colour or add text! A view of the ancient city of Toledo in Spain with El Alcazar and the Cathedral in the horizon. Toledo was renowned throughout the Middle Ages, famed for religious tolerance and coexistence of Christian, Jewish and Moorish cultures; known as: La Convivencia. Today's city contains the religious monuments from these 3 faiths. Toledo reached its zenith in the Islamic Caliphate era, as many Muslim scientists of this age were not rivaled in the world. The old city is located on a mountaintop surrounded on three sides by the Tagus river. Many famous people were born or lived in Toledo such as El Greco. It was also the place of important historic events for the Visigothic Councils. Toledo is famed as a world centre for the manufacture of swords and steel artefacts. Toledo's Alcazar, at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil war in 1936 became a besieged garrison.