Palacio de Galiana

The Palacio de Galiana is a palace in Toledo, Spain. It is on the borders of the Tagus River. It was built where there had been a summer house and garden of the king Al-Mamun, the king of the Taifa of Toledo. It was built in the thirteenth century by king Alphonso X.

Other websites
 Thorough report and extensive references on the early history of the palace, photos and map at the bottom, on Middle East Gardens.com  (retrieved on November 27, 2008)
Photos of the Palacio de Galiana  on Oronoz.com (retrieved on November 27, 2008)
Jésus Téllez Rubio,  "Dos Agrónomos Toledanos: Ibn Wâfid e Ibn Bassâl, y la Huerta del Rey" in: Tulaytula: Revista de la Asociación de Amigos del Toledo Islámico, ISSN 1575-653X, Nº. 4, 1999, pags. 49-58 (click on 'descargar' PDF). Retrieved on November 30, 2008. 
Julián Ramos Ramos, "Las almunias de la ciudad de Toledo". Tulaytula: Revista de la Asociación de Amigos del Toledo Islámico, ISSN 1575-653X, Nº. 3, 1998, pags. 51-76 (click on 'descargar' PDF) 
Palacio de Galiana on Wikimapia (retrieved on November 27, 2008)
"La Historia de Fermosa"  Abraham S. Marrache, Hebraica Ediciones 2009 : Palacio de Galiana was the backdrop to the love affair that took place in 1179, between King Alfonso VIII of Castille and Fermosa, the young Jewess from Toledo. 

Category:Palaces in Spain
Category:Toledo, Spain