Toledo: an historical and descriptive account of the "City of generations"Calvert, Albert Frederick
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Toledo: an historical and descriptive account of the "City of generations"
Calvert, Albert Frederick
Art -- Spain -- Toledo; Toledo (Spain) -- Description and travel; Toledo (Spain) -- History
Remains of the City Walls of “Al-Hizém,” from the
Gate of the Doce Cantos to the Plaza de Armas of
the Bridge of Alcantara 32
Remains of the City Walls, south-west, rebuilt at the
Time of the Reconquest 33
Remains of the Roman Ramparts of the first Enclosure
of the City 34
Remains of the Roman Ramparts of the first Enclosure
of the City. (Plaza de Armas of the Bridge of
Alcantara) 35
Visigoth Capital transformed into a Fountain Basin.
(No. 9, Callejon de la Lamparilla) 35
Principal Entrance to the House of the Baths of Aben-Ya-Yix
Bajada al Colegio del Infantes 36
Sepulchral Arch of the Infante don Fernando Perez
in the Belen Chapel in the Convent of the Comendadora
de Santiago 36
Ruins of Polan Castle. Fourteenth Century 37
Guadamar Castle 38
Remains of the Roman Ramparts of the first Enclosure
of the City 39
The Exterior Walls 40
Remains of the Fortifications in the Jewish Suburb 40
Gate of the “Almofala” (Bib-al-Mojadha) rebuilt in
the Fourteenth Century 41
“The Abbot’s Tower” in the Northern Walls 41
Ruins of the Aquaria Tower, commonly called “Horno
del Vidrio” 42
Remains of the Aqueduct (left bank of the river) 43
Remains of the Aqueduct (right bank of the river) 43
Remains of the Roman Construction in the Tower of
the Plaza de Armas of the Bridge of Alcantara 44
Bridge of Alcantara 45
East Side of the Bridge of Alcantara 46
Posterior Façade of the defensive Tower of the Bridge
of Alcantara 47
Defensive Tower of the Bridge of Alcantara. Anterior
Façade 48
Alcantara Gate 49
Commemorative Inscription in the Avenue of the
Defensive Tower of the Bridge of Alcantara 50
Coat-of-Arms of the Catholic Sovereigns in front of
the Defensive Tower of the Bridge of Alcantara 51
“The Khalif’s Capitals” at No. 13 Calle del Coliseo 51
Perspective of the Bridge of Alcantara 52
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