El Greco’s association with Toledo has played an important role in boosting tourism in this historical Castilian town.

Successively a Roman municipium, the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom, a fortress of the Emirate of Cordoba, an outpost of the Christian kingdoms fighting the Moors and, in the 16th century, the ...

Greek painter El Greco is one of the best known artists in the history of Western art, as his works have influenced countless painters.

Anyone who knows anything about art history may already recognize Toledo from its association with the famous 16th-century artist El Greco. Born on the Greek island of Crete, the artist moved to ...

Toledo was once home to Europe’s most powerful king, Charles V, and is papered with the vividly spiritual paintings of the ...