Toledo, City

1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun.

Toledo, Toletum, Toletum in Carpetanis, a City of Castile in Spain; which was the Capital of Hispania Tarraconensis, and the Seat of the Gothick Kings. In 705. taken by the Moors, and one of their Royal Cities; till retaken by Alphonsus VI. King of Castile, in 1085 After which it became the Capital of New Castile, the Seat of the Courts of Law; had the Archbishops See, and Primacy of Spain restored to it. This Archbishop has nineteen Suffragan Bishops: esteemed one of the greatest, and richest Prelates in Christendom. It stands on a Rock, in a pleasant Valley, in the middle of Spain, upon the Tajo (Tagus) with a Castle; and is one of the strongest, noblest, and most pleasant Cities in Spain: but in a declining condition, and not inhabited by above eight thousand Souls. It has twenty seven Parishes, thirty eight Monasteries, and a noble Water-work made by the Order of Philip II. in 1565. Charles V. built a Palace in this City. Twelve Miles from Madrid to the South. Long. 16. 40. Lat. 40. 02. //Paris Meridian was used in the book Many of the Kings of Spain have been born in this City; twenty four Councils and Synods are reckoned to have been Celebrated at it. The first, and one of the most remarkable, in 400. or 447▪ by the order of P. Leo, proceeded against the Doctrins of the Priscillianists.