Maybe you could paraphrase it and say it was 'a melting pot for a hundred civilizations...' It's not a literal translation, but it might convey the idea.

HTH


Sheila



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I didn't find anything with "crammed civilisations/huddled civilisations"..

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actually, looking at other sites

ensemble of civilisations

could work

This would give the idea of antiquity, the overlaying of cultures, etc. and sets up what follows. 'Overlaid' might be a good word to use here as well, but you would have to twist the sentence a bit to get the syntax in order.

sugg

crammed together

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Es la expresión en inglés exacta de "CRISOL DE CIVILIZACIONES" que tantas veces repiten los guías turísticos en Toledo, Granada,...