Toledo Iluminated

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Toledo Illuminated:

When night falls, uncover a new Toledo, rediscover the buildings, thanks to the artistic illumination that has visitors and tourists enjoying the lights and walking the building-lined streets. The illumination highlights artistic elements like sculptures and overhangs, while also displaying the great dimensions of the buildings and other elements of Gothic, Spanish-Muslim, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. At the same time, these lights represent a strong and firm commitment of the city to sustainability, respecting the environment and conserving energy.

The panoramic view of the city from the Mirador, of the valley, the terraces and hotels of the Cigarrales and the “Parador of Toledo” provide an astonishingly sublime view of Toledo at night. Near the Jewish Quarter: We invite you to discover the medieval feel of the old Toledo Jewish quarter, through projections of light that illuminate their surroundings, remembering through a symbolic form the principle entrances, gates and walls that shape the Jewish Quarter. This illumination is completed with iron plates in these points, indicating to a passing by visitor the outline of the Jewish Quarter.

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The monuments illuminated are the Cathedral, City building, The Alcazar, Mosque of Cristo de la Luz, la Puerta de Bisagra, the Wall, the Convent de San Gil and The Theatre Rojas, Gate of Sun, Church of Santo Tome, Alcantara Gate at the following times:

• Every weekend, all year, Friday and

Saturday nights, from sunset until 24:00.

• Holidays: the night before and the night of the holiday, from sunset until 24:00. • Christmas: December 24 – January 6, every night from sunset until 24:00 except on December 24,

December 31 and January 5 (the night before Epiphany) the illumination is until 03:00.

• Carnival: Wednesday – Sunday, sunset until 24:00 except Saturday which is until 03:00.

• Holy Week (Easter): Good Friday –

Easter Sunday from sunset until 03:00. • Corpus: Wednesday – Sunday, sunset until 03:00.

• August Fair (Feria de Agosto): August 18 until the end of the festival, sunset until 03:00.

• Immaculate Conception and Constitution Day: December 5th – 8, from sunset until 24:00. •••