Plaza de las Cuatro Calles, Toledo

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Plaza de las Cuatro Calles

The Plaza de las Cuatro Calles is a square located in the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. This square is the commercial heart of Toledo. [1]

Square regular quadrilateral

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Spain Kingdom in Southwest Europe

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country mostly located in Europe. Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.

Is the center of a five-armed star from which it reaches Zocodover by the north, the Cathedral by the south, the Teatro Rojas by the east and the Alcaná by the west.

Plaza de Zocodover, Toledo

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Toledo Cathedral Seat of Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain

The Primate Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo is a Roman Catholic church in Toledo, Spain. It is the seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo.

Teatro Rojas theatre in Toledo, Spain

The Teatro Rojas is a theater in the city of Toledo. It was inaugurated in 1879 on the old corral de comedias called Mesón de la Fruta and in its construction participated several architects. It is denominated like this in honor of the Toledan playwrighter Francisco de Rojas.

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