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Explore Azucaica in Spain

Azucaica in the region of Castille-La Mancha is a town in Spain - some 40 mi or ( 64 km ) South of Madrid , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Azucaica is now 01:21 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Madrid " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Villaseca de la Sagra, Nambroca, Layos, Ciudad Real, and Burguillos de Toledo. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Villaseca de la Sagra . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Azucaica ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Toledo, Spain: Highlights of Castile

4:20 min by RickSteves
Views: 32111 Rating: 4.80

Toledo is so well-preserved and packed with cultural wonder that the entire city has been declared a national monument. It's an ideal place to savor the delights of Spain: cultural, historic and tasty ..

Toledo, Spain: The Art of El Greco

3:06 min by RickSteves
Views: 27412 Rating: 5.00

No painter before or since has captured the mystery of the spiritual world like the painter El Greco. His unique style of painting developed in Toledo, Spain. Join Rick on a visit to the Santa Cruz Mu ..


Ruta por Rumanía (Google Earth)

6:26 min by alfre2ky
Views: 2849 Rating: 4.88

Ruta por Rumanía usando Google Earth. Es un viaje planeado para el Verano Joven de 2008 de Castilla-La Mancha. Tendrá lugar entre el 7-Agosto-2008 y el 16-Agosto-2008. Bucarest-Buzau-Focsani-Bacau-Pia ..

Eureka Moment, Toledo, Spain, by Edward Huse

0:38 min by EdwardHuse
Views: 775 Rating: 0.00

Here are a choice few moments cobbled together to celebrate (only slightly irreverently) what was really a very beautiful "eureka moment", magically caught on tape, once upon a cross-country drive thr ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Palacio de Galiana

The Palacio de Galiana is a palace in Toledo, Spain, on the borders of the Tagus River. It was built on the site of an earlier summer villa and garden of Al-Mamun, the king of the Taifa of Toledo, in the thirteenth century by king Alphonso X.

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Located at 39.87 -4.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: 13th-century architecture, Buildings and structures in Toledo, Spain, Gardens in Spain, Landscape design history of Spain, Mudéjar architecture, Palaces in Castile-La Mancha, Visitor attractions in Toledo, Spain

Siege of the Alcázar

The Siege of the Alcázar was a highly symbolic Nationalist victory in Toledo in the opening stages of the Spanish Civil War. The Alcázar of Toledo was held by a variety of military forces in favor of the Nationalist uprising. Militias of the parties in the Popular Front began their siege on July 21, 1936. The siege ended on September 27 with the arrival of the Army of Africa under Francisco Franco.

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Located at 39.86 -4.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: 1936 in Spain, Battles of the Spanish Civil War, Sieges involving Spain

Alcázar of Toledo

The Alcázar of Toledo is a stone fortification located in the highest part of Toledo, Spain. Once used as a Roman palace in the 3rd century, it was restored under Charles I and Philip II of Spain in the 1540s. In 1521, Hernán Cortés was received by Charles I at the Alcázar, following Cortes' conquest of the Aztecs.

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Located at 39.86 -4.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Alcazars and Alcazabas in Spain, Buildings and structures in Toledo, Spain, Castles in Castile-La Mancha, Visitor attractions in Toledo, Spain

Mosque of Cristo de la Luz

The Mosque of Cristo de la Luz is a former mosque in Toledo, Spain, the only one of the ten once existing in the city which remains largely as it was in the Moorish period. It was then known as Mezquita Bab-al-Mardum, deriving its name from the city gate Bab al-Mardum. It is located near the Puerta del Sol, in an area of the city once called Medina where wealthy Muslims used to live.

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Located at 39.86 -4.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: 10th-century mosques, Buildings and structures in Toledo, Spain, Moorish architecture, Mosques in Spain, Visitor attractions in Toledo, Spain

San Sebastián, Toledo

San Sebastian is one of the oldest churches of Toledo, Spain. It once was close to the former city gate called "Bab-al-Dabbagin" also known by its Spanish name as "Puerta de los Curtidores" . Archeological research shows that it was originally built as a mosque in the 10th century, and enlarged in the 11th century. The mosque was called Al-Dabbagin. , sometimetimes transliterated as Adabaquín. Some time after 1085 it became the church of one of the six Toledan parishes of the Mozarabic rite.

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Located at 39.85 -4.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: 10th-century architecture, 12th-century church buildings, Churches in Toledo, Spain, Former mosques, Mudéjar architecture