Tuesday, December 20, 2011

A Walled Beauty

Photobucket Toledo, Spain is a walled, protected city.

  PhotobucketToledo's surrounded on three sides by a bend in the Tagus River.

  PhotobucketThe countryside and the Tagus River next to Toledo's walls.

  PhotobucketNow just pause a moment and think of why such imposing defensive walls were needed. It's quite sobering.

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It is a huge visual reminder of Europe's tumultuous past.

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It leaves a stunning beauty to Toledo today.



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