Case file · Folklore / legend
The enchanted house of Toledo
Arab historians of the 9th century tell how King Roderic forced open a locked house in Toledo and found paintings of Arab horsemen, foretelling the conquest of 711.
860 CE · 39.86, -4.03 · status: legend
The account
The tale grew into the Cave of Hercules legend; a vaulted Roman cistern under Toledo is shown as the cave today.