Toledo, cruce de destinos

Toledo, cruce de destinos, or simply Toledo, is a Spanish historical drama television series, set in 13th-century Toledo. It aired on Antena 3 in 2012.

Premise[]

The fiction follows the intrigues in the court of Alfonso X the Wise in late 13th-century Toledo as well as it attempts to depict the historical postulate about the so-called "Convivencia of the Three Cultures".^[1]

Cast[]

• Juan Diego as King Alfonso, the Wise.^[2]
• Patricia Vico as Violante, Alfonso's queen consort.^[3]
• Maxi Iglesias as Martín Pérez de Ayala,^[4] Rodrigo Pérez de Ayala's son.
•  [es] as Rodrigo Pérez de Ayala.^[5]
• Fernando Cayo as the Count of Miranda.^[6]
• Rubén Ochandiano as Archbishop Oliva.^[5]
•  [es] as Fernando.^[5]
•  [es] as Sancho, first born son of King Alfonso.^[5]
• Álex Angulo as Abraham, a Jewish merchant.^[5]
• as Fátima, Taliq.^[7][5]
•  [es] as Diana, queen's first lady.^[5]
• as Blanca, Rodrigo Pérez de Ayala's daughter.^[5]
•  [es] as Cristóbal, Martín's friend.^[5]
• as Abu Bark, a Muslim warrior.^[5]
• as Taliq, leader of the Muslim community in Toledo.^[5]
• Petra Martínez as Elvira, a servant working for Rodrigo Pérez de Ayala, Cristóbal's mother.^[5]
• Elena Rivera as Beatriz de Suma Carrera.^[8]
•  [es] as Humberto Miranda, only son of the Count of Miranda.^[9]

Production and release[]

Toledo, cruce de destinos was created by Emilio Díez.^[10] The screenplay was authored by Díez together with Alberto Úcar.^[10] Álex Conrado composed the musical score.^[11] Most of the series was shot in Pedraza, the Castle of Guadamur and the Antena 3 sets in Madrid, whereas the only real shots in the city of Toledo consisted of the outdoor shots of the Puente de Alcántara.^[12][13] Produced by Boomerang TV for Antena 3,^[12] the first episode premiered on 10 January 2012.^[14] The broadcasting run ended on 3 April 2012.^[14] While the average viewer figures for the season (13.5% audience share) ended up being slightly above the channel's average,^[14] the series was not renovated for a second season.

Critical reception[]

The historical depiction of Toledo was bashed by historians,^[12] while former mayor of Toledo  [es] wrote in a column he felt "embarrassed" after watching a few episodes.^[12] In addition, critics also pointed out the "gratuitous" switch of the characters of Sancho and Fernando, when Fernando was the heir-apparent instead of the younger infante, as well as the condition of bastard of Sancho, and other historical anachronisms (loose hair instead of hair up for most women, the horizontal companionship between an heir apparent and his servants, errors in the representation of medieval women, Jews not abiding to kosher, soldiers "in uniform" or anachronical swords, to name a few).^[12]

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