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Conecta DIGITAL (November 2024)
SEDE PRINCIPAL
November 5th-6th, 2024
Espacio Cultural Serrería Belga
Calle de la Alameda 15, 28014, Madrid
Conecta FICTION & ENTERTAINMENT (June 2024)
MAIN EVENT
June 18-21, 2024
Palacio de Congresos de Toledo El Greco
P.º Miradero, s/n, 45003 Toledo
Phone: 925 289 975 / Email: info@pctoledo.es
THINK TANK
June 18, 2024
Puy du Fou
This edition of Conecta THINK TANK took place in the facilities of Puy du Fou Spain, a unique park located in the heart of nature, that allows you to travel from era to era.
GOING EUROPEAN
June 14-21, 2024
Hotel Hacienda del Cardenal
This activity took place in a venue located in the hotel Hacienda del Cardenal, in the city center of Toledo.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Conecta FICTION & ENTERTAINMENT 2024
PREMIERE & AWARDS GALA
Palacio de Congresos de Toledo El Greco Auditorium
P.º Miradero, s/n, 45003 Toledo
OPENING COCKTAIL
Cigarral Santa María
Calle Hombre de Palo, 45001, Toledo
COCKTAIL
Museo Roberto Polo courtyard
Calle del Miradero 1, 45520, Toledo
ONLINE ACTIVITIES
The online activities of Conecta FICTION & ENTERTAINMENT were carried out through this website.
Located in the heart of Toledo, the Palacio de Congresos El Greco was designed by architect Rafael Moneo as a meeting point for business, social, cultural, academic and exhibition events. The Palace offers 42,000 square meters of multipurpose spaces to host small groups, corporate events or large events with hundreds of attendees.
The Palacio de Congresos El Greco is located in a privileged location. It is within walking distance of the main historical and cultural landmarks of Toledo. It also offers a wide range of gastronomic and commercial options in the heart of the city.
TRANSPORT
Toledo’s Palace of Congress El Greco is located in the Northeast of Toledo, just a few metres from the central Plaza de Zocodover. The most direct access by public transport from the main national and international cities is from Madrid, as it is located 70 km from Madrid, just 25 minutes by AVE high-speed train from Atocha Station and 50 minutes by bus.
The closest airport to Toledo is Adolfo Suárez Madrid – Barajas Airport.
Madrid Airport (MAD) (Spain)
Distance from the airport to the Palacio de Congresos de Toledo El Greco: 100km, 1 hour
How to get from Madrid airport – Madrid – Barajas
CAR ROUTES
Free outdoor parking in Toledo:
Safont parking lot, 635 spaces
Paseo de la Rosa parking lot, 500 spaces
- Madrid – Toledo Palacio de Congresos El Greco
Estimated time: 45 min
Route - Barcelona – Toledo Palacio de Congresos El Greco
Estimated time: 6h 10 min
Route
TRAIN ROUTES
Toledo Train Station – Estación de Toledo Adif, P.º de la Rosa, s/n, 45006 Toledo
Distance from the station to the Palacio de Congresos El Greco: 1,4km, 20′.
- Madrid (Atocha Train Station) – Toledo Train Station
Estimated time: 30 min
Route - Barcelona (Sants Station) – Madrid (Atocha Station) – Toledo Train Station
Estimated time: 4h 23 min
Route
More information about train schedules
BUS ROUTES
Toledo Bus Station – Estación Toledo, Av. Castilla la Mancha, 4, 45003 Toledo
Distance from the station to the Palacio de Congresos El Greco: 800m, 14 min.
- Madrid (Plaza Elíptica Interchange) – Toledo Bus Station
Estimated time: 1h 45 min
More information about train schedules.
TOURISM
CASTILLA – LA MANCHA
Located in the heart of Spain, Castilla-La Mancha is home to unique lands and heritage in its five provinces: Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo. The setting for the historic and international literary work, Don Quixote de la Mancha (Miguel de Cervantes), its corners are home to mountains, sierras, villages, wetlands, rivers and pastures, with 113 Protected Natural Spaces, as well as two UNESCO World Heritage Cities: Toledo and Cuenca. Its historical and artistic heritage is made up of some thirty historical sites, 773 Assets of Cultural Interest, castles, synagogues, cathedrals and museums. Its gastronomy includes culinary and traditional customs typical of Castile-La Mancha. Castile-La Mancha is a must for lovers of history, culture, nature and gastronomy.
TOLEDO
One of the most beautiful cities in Europe that hides in its alleys, like a huge secret, more than 2,000 years of history. An almost boundless World Heritage Site.
SIGHTSEEING
- Santa Iglesia Catedral Primada de Toledo: Begun in 1226 by order of Archbishop Ximénez de Rada, under the reign of Fernando III El Santo, it was finished in 1493. It emphasizes the Main Sacristy, presided over by El Expolio of El Greco, the Treasury Reliquary with the Custody of Arfe, the Chapter House, the Choir and the Main Chapel.
- Army Museum – Alcázar of Toledo: The Army Museum is located in the Alcázar of Toledo. Through its collections and exhibition discourse, the history of Spain is shown and the military contributions to the intellectual, social, cultural and scientific progress of Spain are displayed.
- Museum of Santa Cruz: The Museum of Santa Cruz in Toledo is considered one of the most important museums in Spain, not only because of the uniqueness of the headquarters, the former Hospital de Santa Cruz del Cardenal Mendoza, but also for the richness and variety of its collections.
- Church of Santo Tomé – Burial of the Lord of Orgaz: From the early fourteenth century, architecturally highlights its magnificent Mudejar tower with a square floor plan in brick and masonry taped. Inside is the masterpiece of El Greco “The Burial of the Lord of Orgaz”.
- Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes: Erected by the Catholic Monarchs to commemorate the battle of Toro (1476), the general layout of the construction is the work of Juan Guas and is one of the best sets of Spanish-Flemish Gothic.
- Museum of the Councils and Visigothic Culture (Church of San Román): The Museum of the Councils and Visigothic Culture is located in the Church of San Román, an exponent of the first Mudejar style in Toledo (13th century). In the museum, there are material vestiges of the ancient capital of the Visigothic kingdom of Toledo.
- Sephardic Museum – Synagogue of El Tránsito: The museum is located in the Synagogue of El Tránsito or Synagogue of Samuel ha – Levi, considered the most beautiful medieval synagogue preserved in the world.
- El Greco Museum: The museum is currently the only one in Spain dedicated to the figure of the painter and its main purpose is to transmit and make society understand the figure of El Greco, as well as the influence of his work and personality in the Toledo of the early seventeenth century.
- Synagogue of Santa María La Blanca: Major synagogue of the Aljama of Toledo, erected, according to an inscription carved on a fragment of a beam, in the year four thousand nine hundred and forty (1180 A.D.). It was rebuilt in the 13th century and converted into a Christian temple in 1405.
- Cristo de la Luz Mosque: It is one of the most important monuments of Hispano-Muslim and Mudejar architecture in Spain, built in 999, 10th century. Small as jewels are, this valuable millenary building is a unique example of the survival of the art of Al-Andalus: a mosque or small oratory from the Caliphate period to which two centuries later, when it was transformed into a church, an apse was added following the style of the primitive building, giving rise to Mudejar art, in perfect combination and symbiosis.