A Walled Beauty

Toledo, Spain is a walled, protected city.

  Toledo's surrounded on three sides by a bend in the Tagus River.

  The countryside and the Tagus River next to Toledo's walls.

  Now just pause a moment and think of why such imposing defensive walls were needed. It's quite sobering.

 
It is a huge visual reminder of Europe's tumultuous past.

 
It leaves a stunning beauty to Toledo today.