Toledo, Spain
Blogger: Steven Evens
Program: UF in Madrid: Business Study Abroad Program at Universidad Antonio de Nebrija
Location: Toledo, Spain
Yesterday many of the UF students went on an official host university excursion to the city of Toledo, an hour-long drive south of Madrid. As we stepped off the bus, we were greeted with this view.
Making away around the city, the adjoining professors gave a detailed history (en español, por supuesto) of the many peoples who have held to this city before its next conquerors arrived. The influence of Islam, Judaism, and Roman Catholicism in combination is most clearly evident in the city's architecture.
Tight, winding streets were also a theme throughout the city.
In holding to the themes of Toledo's rich history of religious institutions, our primary tour stops included a mosque, a cathedral, and a temple. Each place was host to many legends of sizes large and small, giving context to the many ornate details that each building possessed.
The mosque shared Christian influences and had weathered much fighting before our arrival.
The cathedral was grand by all measures and perhaps larger than La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Home to twenty-seven small chapels which serve as the final resting places of Spanish nobles, it is plainly difficult to describe the grandeur of all that it is. The cathedral is home to many painting of El Greco, an artist of Spanish Renaissance in the sixteenth century.
Our last stop was the temple. While the exterior was unassuming, there was much to see inside.
After catching a bite, we headed home by bus. My last view before taking to slumber.
Program: UF in Madrid: Business Study Abroad Program at Universidad Antonio de Nebrija
Location: Toledo, Spain
Yesterday many of the UF students went on an official host university excursion to the city of Toledo, an hour-long drive south of Madrid. As we stepped off the bus, we were greeted with this view.
Making away around the city, the adjoining professors gave a detailed history (en español, por supuesto) of the many peoples who have held to this city before its next conquerors arrived. The influence of Islam, Judaism, and Roman Catholicism in combination is most clearly evident in the city's architecture.
Tight, winding streets were also a theme throughout the city.
In holding to the themes of Toledo's rich history of religious institutions, our primary tour stops included a mosque, a cathedral, and a temple. Each place was host to many legends of sizes large and small, giving context to the many ornate details that each building possessed.
The mosque shared Christian influences and had weathered much fighting before our arrival.
The cathedral was grand by all measures and perhaps larger than La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Home to twenty-seven small chapels which serve as the final resting places of Spanish nobles, it is plainly difficult to describe the grandeur of all that it is. The cathedral is home to many painting of El Greco, an artist of Spanish Renaissance in the sixteenth century.
Our last stop was the temple. While the exterior was unassuming, there was much to see inside.
After catching a bite, we headed home by bus. My last view before taking to slumber.
