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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic City of Toledo' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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City in Castilexe2x80x93La Mancha, Spain | WIKI |
ToledoMunicipalityToledo and the Tagus River FlagCoat of armsNickname(s):xc2xa0La ciudad imperial (The Imperial City) and Ciudad de las Tres Culturas (City of the Three Cultures)ToledoLocation of Toledo within the Castile-La ManchaShow map of SpainToledoToledo (Castilla-La Mancha)Show map of Castilla-La ManchaCoordinates: 39xc2xb051xe2x80xb224xe2x80xb3N 4xc2xb01xe2x80xb228xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf39.85667xc2xb0N 4.02444xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 39.85667; -4.02444Coordinates: 39xc2xb051xe2x80xb224xe2x80xb3N 4xc2xb01xe2x80xb228xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf39.85667xc2xb0N 4.02444xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 39.85667; -4.02444CountrySpainAutonomous CommunityCastilexe2x80x93La ManchaProvinceToledoSettledPre-RomanGovernmentxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0MayorMilagros Tolxc3xb3n (PSOE)Areaxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Land232.1xc2xa0km2 (89.6xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Elevation529xc2xa0m (1,736xc2xa0ft)Populationxc2xa0(2018)[1]xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Total84,282xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Density359.58/km2 (931.3/sqxc2xa0mi)Postcode45001xe2x80x9345009Area code(s)+34Websitetoledo.es | WIKI |
Toledo (UK: /txc9x92xcbx88lexc9xaadoxcax8a/, US: /toxcax8axcbx88lexc9xaaxc3xb0oxcax8a, -xcbx88lxc9x9bxc3xb0-, txc9x99xcbx88lixcbx90doxcax8a/,[2][3][4] Spanish:xc2xa0[toxcbx88lexc3xb0o] (listen)) is a city and municipality of Spain, capital of the province of Toledo and the de jure seat of the government and parliament of the autonomous community of Castillaxe2x80x93La Mancha. | WIKI |
Located on the banks of the Tagus in central Iberia, Toledo is known as the "Imperial City" because it was the main venue of the court of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in Spain, and as the "City of the Three Cultures" for the cultural influences of Christians, Muslims, and Jews reflected in its history. | WIKI |
The city, seat of a powerful archdiocese for much of its history, has a Gothic Cathedral, the Catedral Primada de Espaxc3xb1a ("The Primate Cathedral of Spain"), and a long history in the production of bladed weapons, which are now common souvenirs of the city. | WIKI |
As of 2015[update], the city had a population of 83,226[5] and an area of 232.1xc2xa0km2 (89.6xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi). | WIKI |
59 BC xe2x80x93 17 AD) as urbs parva, sed loco munita ("a small city, but fortified by location"). | WIKI |
Roman general Marcus Fulvius Nobilior fought a battle near the city in 193 BC against a confederation of Celtic tribes including the Vaccaei, Vettones, and Celtiberi, defeating them and capturing a king called Hilermus. | WIKI |
[9] With this status, city officials, even of Carpetani origin, obtained Roman citizenship for public service, and the forms of Roman law and politics were increasingly adopted. | WIKI |
Archaeologists have also identified portions of a special seat of the sort used by the city elites to attend circus games, called a sella curulis. | WIKI |
There are indications that large private houses (domus) within the city walls were enlarged, while several large villas were built north of the city through the third and fourth centuries. | WIKI |
[13] Games were held in the circus into the late fourth and early fifth centuries C.E., also an indication of active city life and ongoing patronage by wealthy elites. | WIKI |
Today in the historic center basements, passages, wells, baths and ancient water pipes are preserved that since Roman times have been used in the city. | WIKI |
[22] The Seventh Council of Toledo instituted a requirement that all bishops in the area of a royal city, that is, of Toledo, must reside for one month per year in Toledo. | WIKI |
The council declared that the election of a new king following the death of the old one should only take place in the royal city, or wherever the old king died. | WIKI |
[27] Wamba carried out renovation works in Toledo in 674xe2x80x93675, marking these with inscriptions above the city gates that are no longer extant but were recorded in the eighth century. | WIKI |
"[41] Toledo "had been matched by no other city in western Europe outside Italy as the governmental and symbolic center of a powerful monarchy". | WIKI |
Baxc3xb1os de Tenerxc3xadas, one of the Muslim baths in the city | WIKI |
In 858 emir Muhammad I personally led an expedition against Toledo and destroyed a bridge, but was unable to take the city. | WIKI |
Muhammad I recovered control of Toledo in 873, when he successfully besieged the city and forced it to submit. | WIKI |
The Banu Qasi gained nominal control of the city until 920 and in 932 Abd-ar-Rahman III captured the city following an extensive siege. | WIKI |
[96] The Mozarab community had its own Christian bishop, and after the Christian conquest of Toledo, the city was a destination for Mozarab immigration from the Muslim south. | WIKI |
There was a revolt against him, and he was forced to flee the city and appeal to Alfonso VI for help. | WIKI |
[110] In 1084, Alfonso set siege to Toledo, preventing the city from being supplied and also preventing agricultural work in the area. | WIKI |
The city soon fell and Alfonso made his triumphant entry to the city on May 24, 1085. | WIKI |
The conquest of Toledo by Alfonso VI of Castile in 1085 marked the first time a major city in Al-Andalus was captured by Christian forces; it served to sharpen the religious aspect of the Christian reconquest. | WIKI |
View and Plan of Toledo by city resident El Greco c. 1608. | WIKI |
On May 25, 1085, Alfonso VI of Castile took Toledo and established direct personal control over the Moorish city from which he had been exacting tribute, ending the medieval Taifa's Kingdom of Toledo. | WIKI |
Toledo served as the capital city of Castile intermittently (Castile did not have a permanent capital) from 1085, and the city flourished. | WIKI |
He says, furthermore, that the original name of the city was Pirisvalle, so-called by its early pagan inhabitants. | WIKI |
[113] However, there is no archaeological or historical evidence for Jewish presence in this region prior to the time of the Roman Empire; when the Romans first wrote about Toledo it was a Celtic city. | WIKI |
After the crushing of the Revolt of the Comuneros, Charles V's court was installed in Toledo, with the monarch choosing the city as his residence at least 15 times from 1525 on. | WIKI |
[116] Charles granted the city a coat of arms. | WIKI |
The mass arrival of deported unruly moriscos from Granada ('moriscos nuevos') in Toledo and its lands (6,000 arrived to the city only, at least temporarily)[119] on the wake of the Alpujarras rebellion posed a formidable logistic challenge, and the uneasy preexisting system of social relations between the moros viejos ('old moors') and the old christians was disrupted. | WIKI |
The city excelled in silk manufacturing during the Early Modern Period. | WIKI |
(The Toledo Blade, the American newspaper in Toledo's Ohio namesake city, is named in honor of the sword-making tradition.) | WIKI |
The Royal Factory brought together all the sword-makers guilds of the city and it was located in the former mint. | WIKI |
In 1777, recognizing the need to expand the space, Carlos III commissioned the architect Sabatini to construct a new building on the outskirts of the city. | WIKI |
Its importance was such that it eventually developed into a city within the city of Toledo. | WIKI |
Toledo has a 25-member City Council, elected by closed lists every four years. | WIKI |
The old city is located on a mountaintop with a 150-degree view, surrounded on three sides by a bend in the Tagus River, and contains many historical sites, including the Alcxc3xa1zar, the cathedral (the primate church of Spain), and the Zocodover, a central market place. | WIKI |
Today's city contains the religious monuments the Synagogue of Santa Marxc3xada la Blanca, the Synagogue of El Transito, Mosque of Cristo de la Luz and the church of San Sebastixc3xa1n dating from before the expulsion, still maintained in good condition. | WIKI |
Among Ladino-speaking Sephardi Jews, in their various diasporas, the family name Toledano is still prevalent xe2x80x93 indicating an ancestry traced back to this city (the name is also attested among non-Jews in various Spanish-speaking countries). | WIKI |
When Philip II moved the royal court from Toledo to Madrid in 1561, the old city went into a slow decline from which it never recovered. | WIKI |
Two of the city's most famous food productions are Manchego cheese and marzipan, which has a Protected Geographical Indication (mazapxc3xa1n de Toledo). | WIKI |
Alcazar fortress (16th century), located in the highest part of town, overlooking the city. | WIKI |
Puerta de Bisagra Antigua (10th century), the main entrance to the city in Andalusian times. | WIKI |
The roads leading to historic Toledo are still used and in many cases have provided the basis to existing roads leading into the city. | WIKI |
The centre is located outside the city, near the Parador Nacional de Turismo Conde de Orgaz. | WIKI |
In the 1990s, the city council took over the old facilities of the military centre, which now include an athletics track, Olympic swimming pool and an indoor sports hall, from the former military installations, and numerous outdoor courts built in the area of the former runway of application, having been demolished and the old gym complex pools (indoor and outdoor). | WIKI |
Moreover, the city has two other Division II team in the National, the Toledo Handball Lxc3xa1baro-B and Club Deportivo Amibal. | WIKI |
Cycling, meanwhile, after the victory in the Tour de France in 1959 by Federico Bahamontes, 'The Eagle of Toledo', has been one of the sports with more followers in the city, although, at present,[when?] | WIKI |
[citation needed] Other leading professional cyclists from the city have been Nemesio Jimxc3xa9nez (Mexico Olympics 1968) and xc3x81ngel de las Heras. | WIKI |
At the individual level, the swimmer Javier Noriega and Julio Rey marathon athletes are more representative of the city, both in Athens Olympics 2004 and Beijing Olympics 2008, in recent years. | WIKI |
Various local and provincial newspapers are published in the city. | WIKI |