European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Ancient City is Mediterranean seas amps Sharon Kilday a dog peeks through plants and a Balcony railing to watch the activity passing below. By David Tarrant. Staff writer Toledo is an old place bursting with the renewed vigor of a hot Dusty City refreshed by an afternoon rainstorm. With the Tagus River looping the City like a Belt drawn tight at the Waist Toledo s warm biscuit coloured buildings stand tall for Miles against the Bright Blue castilian sky. A walk along Toledo s winding narrow streets takes visitors past stately cathedrals and boisterous vegetable markets around cramped pottery stalls and tree lined Parks and through centuries old gateways that Lead to old palaces and new Homes. Toledo has an enchanting feel that has absorbed Many artists. Some of the very Best have tried to paint its Beauty including the famous Al Greco whose 400-year-old paintings of Toledo and its churches and landscapes hang in buildings throughout the City. Toledo is one of the oldest cities in Europe a dating Back More than 2,000 years to the romans who liked its strategic location at the Center of the iberian Peninsula and we a Quot a Hlf if Btl pig gig to / a by a it it v x Quot i / / v it. I a a 1 if f f f s a it it a a my a t. My m a m wmmmw0mm�,my it gift i so but amp it it i i i of Ujj a in it a a a m ? a a a a by Yyi. A. It. So fty.? a a it a. V. A a it a a a it a a. 2iu of. L m the Spires of the Cathedral and the wails of the Alcazar a 13th-Century fortress dominate part of the Hilltop setting of Toledo. 8 stripes Magazine August 8, 1991
