[ Mar.2014 ] When we arrived at Toledo from Madrid by train, I was surprised to see the very nice staion.
It looked like a building of Morocco or somewhere.
The station is in the middle of newer area, away from the old town centre which is on the hill, so I was not sure if this was an old thing or recently built for tourists.
After coming back home, I looked up and found that this was built in 1920 and the style is called Neo-Mudejar.
Originally there was a style called Mudejar in the Middle Ages, which is a style Christian people renovated Islamic buildings to use themselves.
And from late 19th century on, this style was popular again and it was called Neo-Mudejar.
Toledo became Christian city in 1085 under Kingdom of Castille, earlier than other Spanish cities which had been under Islamic power.
But as the guide book I bought there says “essentially it is an Arabic town”, the most buildings were strongly influenced by Islamic style, more than I expected.
In fact it was my second visit to Toledo, but maybe because the first time was a day trip from Madrid, I could not remember a lot of things there.
