点评:Toledo's massive Alcázar, one of the city's most magnificent buildings, is an imposing citadel that sits atop one of the city's most historic sites. The Romans built the first palace here in the 3rd Century, and its ancient foundations can been seen in the massive foyer of the military museum that now calls the Alcázar home. Those foundations, now displayed as part of one of the largest archeological excavations in Spain, are the most interesting part of the massive complex, much of which was reconstructed following the palace's destruction in the 1930s, after a two-month siege by Franco's Nationalist forces.
The Alcázar's fascinating role in the Spanish Civil War (it's basically Spain's version of the Alamo) isn't given the attention it deserves in the present museum, which focuses on Spain's military history from the Visigoths to World War II. The exhibits are interesting (particularly the collection of medieval armor and swords), but they seem random and disconnected, and the lack of detail on the history of the palace itself feels like a missed opportunity. Worth maybe an hour of your time, unless you're a military history buff, in which case it's probably worth two.
翻译:托莱多雄伟的阿尔卡萨尔城堡是这座城市最宏伟的建筑之一,这座雄伟的城堡坐落在城中最具历史意义的遗址之上。罗马人于公元3世纪在此建造了第一座宫殿,其古老的地基至今仍可见于军事博物馆的宽敞门厅中,如今阿尔卡萨尔城堡也坐落于此。这些地基如今作为西班牙规模最大的考古发掘之一展出,是这座庞大建筑群中最引人入胜的部分。在20世纪30年代,宫殿在佛朗哥领导的国民军围攻两个月后被摧毁,之后大部分建筑得以重建。
阿尔卡萨尔城堡在西班牙内战(它基本上是西班牙版的阿拉莫)中扮演的重要角色并未得到应有的重视,目前的博物馆主要关注从西哥特人时代到二战的西班牙军事历史。展品很有趣(尤其是中世纪盔甲和剑的收藏),但它们看起来杂乱无章,缺乏对宫殿本身历史的详细了解,让人感觉错失良机。或许值得花一个小时参观,除非你是军事史爱好者,那样的话,可能值得两个小时。