Roofs of Toledo Photo

Photographer’s Note

Declared as a national monument, Toledo, a small city found on a Castilian hilltop overlooking the Rio Tajo used to be the capital of Spain during Visigoths. Now it's the religious centre of Spain. Locals often refer to Toledo as 'La Ciudad Imperial' (The Imperial City).

Cradle of Monarchs, and the seat of principal archbishops, Toledo constitutes a tourist attraction point of first order sheltered in the knowledge stored in its Mosques, Synagogues, churches and convents. The cathedral, the monastery of Saint John of the Kings, the doors and the walled enclosure or the Alcazar portray the special attractiveness of its streets and plazas.

Toledo was capital of Spain from the Gothic epoch until 1560, fact that explains its really impressive medieval architecture. Walking through its streets one feels like having stepped back into the Middle-Ages, but in the best sense of it, and perhaps you will search your pockets for a few gold-ducats to buy some of Toledo's fine artisany or just to enjoy of its highly recommendable cuisine.

PaulVDV, pauloog, fanni, maglex, JanD, siolaw has marked this note useful

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pajaran (4320) 2009-08-26 11:27

Pozdrav putnice.
Dobra fotografija, arhitektura, boje,ostrina i kompozicija.
Cekam sledecu fotografiju Paja.

PaulVDV (5451) 2009-08-26 11:30

Hello Snezana,
You found an excellent POV to shoot this beautiful picture.
I like the fact that we don't see the borders of the town, just lots of roofs and the bigger monumental buildings and behind those the blue sky.
Well done !
Best regards, Paul

Silvio1953 (43412) 2009-08-26 12:44

Ciao Snezana, beautiful view of splendid Toledo by wonderful POV, we can see amazing architecture of cathedral and lovely roofs, very well done, ciao Silvio

pauloog (7101) 2009-08-26 12:55

Hello snezana,
A fine view of the city, sharp and clear, brought in natural colours.
Regards,
Paul

giorgimer (21676) 2009-08-26 12:58

Hi Sneza,

really wonderful this overlook on this lovable town, excellent details, perfect POV and good crop.

TFS

Gio

fanni (9037) 2009-08-26 15:55

Hi Snezana,
very beautiful view, though, for some strange reason, this reminded me of a painting by El Greco though your photo and his painting really have not much in common except for the POV, maybe? :)
So many houses... so close to one another...! and a ncie blue sky over them :)
very best wishes,
Elena

maglex (1638) 2009-08-26 21:15

Love the composition. Maybe nice too if shot was taken a little later with lower sun angle. Thanks for sharing...Alex

JanD (15273) 2009-08-27 3:50

Howdy Sne!
Excellent great POV, wonderful town, amazing roofs, nice light and colors. Good take.
Regards.

AiresSantos (43270) 2009-08-27 6:35

Hi Sneza
there are many roofs in this fine picture from Toledo. Well balanced, nice colours and details
TFS and have a nice day
Aires

siolaw (25890) 2009-08-29 0:43

Hi Sne,
A good POV and framing with just enough sky for this pleasant view of Toledo. Light was favourable and gave nicely saturated colors.
Well presented picture
Laurent

Vasa (6665) 2009-09-08 9:03

Kada mi neko kaže da mi je fotka dobra razglednica, ja to shvatim pozitivno i pravim se važan. Neko to ne voli ni da čuje. Pitanje umetničkih aspiracija. Ti Snežo kako hoćeš, ali voleo bih da imam ovakvu razglednicu iz Toleda.

Opet pozdravi,

Branko