Visiting the Alcazar of Toledo is a must for every Toledo visit. In the search for the entrance, we first come to the entrance of the library. It is the regional library of Castilla-La Mancha.
The entrance to the Alcazar of Toledo is on the opposite side, in Calle de la Paz. So we walk around the huge building.
The coat of arms of the House of Habsburg, which Charles V had introduced, is everywhere, even on the municipal buses.
At last, we found the entrance. Now we are below the Alcazar of Toledo. In a huge hall, we see the remains from the Roman period. Already the Romans set up an army camp here, on the highest point the town. In the rocky subsoil, they created a cistern for 28,000 liters of water.
Charles V built the Alcazar of Toledo, which is a mixture of fortress and palace. It symbolizes his imperial claim, but also shows that all the fights that determined his life influenced his thinking.
The Alcazar of Toledo was badly damaged and partially destroyed in the Spanish Civil War. After the Second World War one reconstructed primarily the architecture. Most of the rooms are unadorned. Today they are home to the Spanish Army Museum. The splendor of bygone times is irrevocably destroyed.
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More InformationA huge terrace offers a nice view of the distant surroundings.
The two-store arcaded courtyard in the center of the building houses a statue of Charles V in the center.
The courtyard is one of the most beautiful of the late Renaissance. A huge staircase leads into the inside of the building.
Next to many weapons and armors is an interesting model of a town with innumerable bastions made of silver and gold.
3300 silver models of people complete the miniature world. It served the young Charles V. for the studies of fight situations.
But also military utensils and souvenirs from all corners of the world are on display.
Among these, the tent in the imperial chapel particularly stands out. The Indo-Portuguese tent is well-known as a “tent of Charles V”. It belonged to admiral Martin Alfonso de Sousa, who was appointed the governor of the Portuguese state of India in 1541.
In 1935, the tent came to the army museum as a property of the Old Holy Brotherhood of Toledo.
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