Toledo and the Tagus River
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High on a hill and surrounded by the River Tagus, Toledo is a beautiful city of only 15,000 inhabitants. Originally a Roman fortress it was it was later inhabited by the Visigoths where they built and left several churches. By the Middle Ages it became a melting pot of Muslims, Jews and Christians and became the home of the original school of translation because of its cultural roots.