I usually bombard you with pretty pictures of my current “home town”, but there’s another side to Toledo, which isn’t quite so enchanting.
As you may be aware of, the boom years, which preceded Spain’s ongoing economic crisis, were founded on a building spree and unchecked property speculation. The remnants of this period of madness are all too visible. The outskirts of most Spanish towns are littered with half-finished office buildings and housing estates, destined to remain abandoned indefinitely.
Here are a handful of snaps taken in Toledo’s Poligono area.
Now… if you’d like to look at some pretty pictures of Toledo, click here.
Or, if you want to see the ugliest thing Toledo has on offer, here it is…urgh.
Good pics. If he bus had gone a bit further up you could have taken a shot of the unfinished hospital. It was going to be one of the largest in Europe. It’s come down to one of the craziest ideas that, nevertheless, has costed a lot of money already despite of being veeeeeeeery far from finished.
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Good point! I might go up there to take a shot and add it later.
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What a shame. These places could all be thriving in a different economic climate.
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Yup… sadly, I can’t see that happening any time soon 😦
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I lived in Poligono area myself with a family over 10 years ago now. How sad!
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It is… 😦
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