The damascence work is a decorative art with a tradition of Muslim origin that skilled workmen have been passed on generation after generation.

The slow and laborious skill lies in the inlay work, incrustations make with sort smashes, with gold or silver in other materials such as iron, steel, bronze or copper.

The contrast of the black background with golden and silver drawings composes exclusive designs in so diverse objects such as swords, plates, claps, jewels, even furniture; the styles go from Mudejar or Renaissance to personal works of the own craftsmen.

Steel of Toledo was well-known even in the roman period, but its fame acquires highest reputation in the 16th century.

The firmness of edge and the flexibility of the sheet as well as the embellished hilt with several engraving or damascene works, made of toledan swords a remarkable weapon.

Nowadays, most of the production is for sale to tourists, most of them are replicas of famous historic swords, such as Tizona, Excalibur or Broadbill's and Jaime I. Even today, many of them are part of the uniform for some armies over the world.

The origin of the marzipan in Toledo is attributed to the nuns of the San Clement convent; when the Arabs besieged the city, the famine took possession of the people so these religious made use of their food store to try to relieve these needs.

The unique products that they had stored were almond and sugar, and with these foods their made a dough which after its cooking they obtained the marzipan.

Now days, marzipan is a typical food at Christmas time, the tradition and its delicious taste have made of this sweet figure modelling the typical homemade candy of Toledo.