Talk:Alcázar of Toledo

The building itself
Is there someone familiar with Architecture that can add to this article? This article consists of only 2 sentences about the building itself and 5 paragraphs about one instance that occurred in at the site. Seems to be a bit imbalanced.

Nationalist re-direct
The link in the second paragraph from the displayed word 'nationalist' to the entry on 'Francoist' is automatically re-directed to the article about Franco himself. I don't think that is good form.

Moscardo's hoax
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Many Historians have shown this story is a hoax. That story never took place, and Moscardo's son wasn't executed. Last time in Anthony Beevor's "Spain Civil War". --85.48.71.255 00:47, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I reinserted the removed text. While controversial, the tale is important. It should be discussed even if whole fabricated.  While I found some sources that say the tale has been embelished, I haven't found any saying its completely myth.  In fact, everything I've seen says that Luis Moscardo was executed (although a month after the threat not immediately). Please cite sources that argue its a myth. I'll see if I can find Beevor's work.  Does it actually say Luis wasn't executed?--Bkwillwm 23:14, 27 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I correct myself. Moscardo's son was executed but a month after that conversation (I haven't seen yet a direct source this talk took place ot not ). Then again, if the truthfulness of the story is debatable, I'm not sure Wikipedia should quote such a dialogue "as is" but, maybe as Moscardó's answer was telling his son to cry "Viva España" and to die like a hero.  Anyway, any further development should lead to its own Wiki-article about Siege of the Alcázar --85.48.71.176 01:54, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

This story os true, it's a historical fact, it has never proved to be a hoax. Mitsos 19:10, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

A book I am currently reading about the Spanish Civil War cites Cecil Eby's "The Siege of the Alcazar" (New York, 1965) and recounts the conversation. 65.111.95.98 (talk) 18:38, 30 August 2009 (UTC)