Talavera de la Reina, Historic municipality in the region of Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
Talavera de la Reina is a municipality in Toledo Province in Castile-La Mancha. The settlement spreads on both banks of the Tagus and includes two flat river islands, while the forested slopes of the Sierra de San Vicente range close the landscape to the north.
Romans founded a post here in the 1st century called Caesarobriga along the road from Mérida to Zaragoza. After centuries under Visigoth and Moorish rule, Alfonso VI captured the fortress in 1083 and rebuilt it as a Christian administrative seat.
The town takes its name from the Moorish period and is now known for hand-painted ceramic tiles with blue and white patterns. Workshops in the center open their doors to visitors and show craftsmen firing and painting pieces using methods from the 16th century.
The town center is easy to explore on foot as the main lanes and squares lie close together. Those visiting the walled old quarter should wear comfortable shoes, because the paving is uneven and some streets have slopes.
Two bridges cross the river and connect both banks, with the older dating to the early medieval period and rebuilt several times. The stone city wall surrounds the old core with eighteen watchtowers built between the 12th and 13th centuries, which remain partly walkable today.
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Castile-La Mancha covers a large highland area in the middle of Spain, between Madrid and Andalusia. This region includes towns with art and history, like Toledo, an old Spanish city with medieval streets and monuments that show the mixing of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim cultures. It also has...
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