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TOLEDO

In our first article we’d like to speak about Toledo, which is “human heritage” city and that is visited by thousands of tourists every year.

This year, Toledo is celebrating the 400^th anniversary of the death of “El Greco”, for this reason Toledo has increased so much its touristic importance during this year.

“El Greco” was a painter who lived most of his life in Greece, after living in different countries, he came and settled down in Toledo and here he lived and worked until he died, in 1614.

Among the many cultural events Toledo has hold are:

1. Great exhibition at "Santa Cruz museum" which was reunited most of his paintings from all over the world. There, you can find masterpieces such as the Toledo view or "La dormición de la Virgen".
   
   
   
2. There was also a light and sound show projected on the Cathedral´s main façade. You can watch a video about it in the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3No8aLAKzmo 
   
3. There have been also other kind of shows such as the organs battle in the Cathedral. 
   
4. There are also plays in the theatre, for example "Yo no soy el Greco", which was performed in the Rojas theatre.
   

  

You can look for any information about Toledo in the following link: http://www.losviajeros.com/Tips.php?p=1428