European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ale of the Tagus  that Rocky Gravity glory of  ind Light of her cities Cervantes Icamen it. An Island of Orange Earth and Violet i sky in Tiv Broad Plain of Castile 40 Miles Southwest of Madrid Toledo is barely Dis a Guise a Stone with Cliffs plunging on three. Sides into the Rushing River Tagus. White washed farmhouses on the Plain appear to homage to the primate of Spain s huge cube of a Hie Cathedral the fortress Alcazar and the res Bell Gables fed Mude Jar towers that Domi ithe City s Skyline. Owing to its strategic position 19 Crossroads of the major Trade routes crossing iberian Peninsula Toledo has been a Center of Illarion since the Middle of the 6th Century when visigoths made it the seat of their court. The s legacy of religious authority and Art can be de to those times. The City became famous for its ads after moorish craftsmen introduced the Art. A they arc made mostly for tourists. The City its status As capital of Spain in 1560 in the reign of in ii. But its Rich heritage of the styles of former dents . Mude Jar gothic Renaissance Jwon Toledo official recognition As a National lament. The Stormy spirit of Toledo is captured Anas by Painter Domenikos Theo Tomopoulos or known vol Greco. Not far from where the a actually lived the Al Greco museum stands in displaying among other works his View of  but .1 visitor need not be a museum curator Joy Toledo anyone can sense the thread of Cen Ssofi life winding in narrow alleys through sleepy Iris among Stout silent mansions and crumbling Hes to pour into Small sunlit squares around h life still centers As it did More than a thousand Sago. A Clint Swift tile paintings sold at outdoor Market include depictions of fortress Alcazar Alcantara Bridge. V 13, 1977 Street peddle hawking colourfully painted Toledo Ceramic wares with a Little help from his Friend. The stars and stripes Page 15