There may be a puppet-master portraying some farce or heroic legend, or perhaps some comicos de la legua , travelling players. And, as every day, the intermittent bells of the church or the calls of the muezzin. When the bells ring, none but the occasional priest or novice take heed, but the marketplace quiets as faithful Muslim merchants and town folk are called to prayer. The Muslims buy and sell horses here, and artisans sell damascene ware - fine Toledo steel etched with copper, silver, and even gold threads. Diverse merchants sell trinkets, perfumes, toilet accessories,, expensive materials, damascened and engraved weapons, embroidery, carpets, jewelry, and ells upon ells of woolen fabrics.
Farmers bring their produce to town - flour, rice, and vegetables.
Poultry, cattle and sheep are taken to kosher or Christian butchers. There is fish from the Tajo as well. There are several Mosques still in use, including the Mosque Mezquita, with its nine cupolas raising over four Gothic columns, as they say the great Mosque of Cordoba has. The Muslims also built the mighty fortress of the Alcaz r, on the highest point in town. It is square, with four towers.