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Church Attractions In Toledo

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Toledo is a city and municipality located in central Spain; it is the capital of the province of Toledo and the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Toledo was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 for its extensive monumental and cultural heritage. Toledo is known as the Imperial City for having been the main venue of the court of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and as the City of the Three Cultures for the cultural influences of Christians, Muslims and Jews reflected in its history. It was also the capital from 542 to 725 AD of the ancient Visigothic kingdom, which followed the fall of the Roman Empire, and the location of historic ...
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  • 1. Catedral Primada Toledo
    The Primate Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo is a Roman Catholic church in Toledo, Spain. It is the seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo. The cathedral of Toledo is one of the three 13th-century High Gothic cathedrals in Spain and is considered, in the opinion of some authorities, to be the magnum opus of the Gothic style in Spain. It was begun in 1226 under the rule of Ferdinand III and the last Gothic contributions were made in the 15th century when, in 1493, the vaults of the central nave were finished during the time of the Catholic Monarchs. It was modeled after the Bourges Cathedral, although its five naves plan is a consequence of the constructors' intention to cover all of the sacred space of the former city mosque with the cathedral, and of the former sahn with the cloi...
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  • 2. San Roman Church Toledo
    The Iglesia de San Román is a church in Toledo . The church was built in the Mudéjar style in the 13th century. In this site there was an old Visigothic structure and probably an ancient Roman building. It is currently the headquarters of the Museum of the Councils and Visigothic Culture.
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  • 3. Iglesia de San Ildefonso Jesuitas Toledo
    The Iglesia de San Ildefonso is a Baroque style church located in the center of the historic city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is also known as the Jesuit church and is consecrated to Saint Ildefonso of Toledo, patron of the city and Father of the Church.
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  • 4. Mosque of Christ of the Light Toledo
    The Mosque of Cristo de la Luz is a former mosque in Toledo, Spain. It is the one of the ten that existed in the city during the Moorish period. The edifice was then known as Mezquita Bab-al-Mardum, deriving its name from the city gate Bab al-Mardum. It is located near the Puerta del Sol, in an area of the city once called Medina where wealthy Muslims used to live.
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  • 5. Iglesia del Salvador Toledo
    The Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador is a church in Toledo, Spain completed in 1159. Although the church is small, it is an exceptional building, because it was the site of 4 successive constructions, one on other and so on, It's a 12th-century church built on an 11th-century Taifa mosque, which was an expansion of a 9th-century Umayyad mosque and in turn on a Visigothic religious building. Also these civilizations reused 2nd-century Roman elements. Have to say that is very-usually at the al-Andalus territory that Muslim liked to build on Visigothic buildings. The large number of Visigothic decorative reliefs forming friezes and Roman cornices embedded in the walls is surprising.The current church is still oriented south-east, in the direction of Mecca. It survived to the conquest of Toledo...
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  • 6. Iglesia de Santiago del Arrabal. Toledo
    Santiago del Arrabal is a church in Toledo, Spain, built in 1245–48, at the orders of Sancho II, on the site of an older church and a mosque that is known to have been used since 1125. Many characteristics of the mosque have remained in the present building which is built in the Mudéjar architectural style. The church is named after Saint James of the outskirts . The patrons of the church during its foundation were members of the Diosdado family, knight commanders of the Order of Santiago.
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  • 8. Iglesia de San Andres Toledo
    The iglesia de San Andrés is a church located in the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. The iglesia de San Andrés, as is common in this city, is a mix of different styles. On the one hand, there are present Mudéjar and Gothic architecture, and also, the Baroque, following a remodeling of the 17th century. After the last restoration traceries appeared in the facade that evoke the eclecticism of the croissing. A Visigoth relief and two Visigothic pilasters was also discovered.As of the most of the Mudéjar churches in Toledo, present a simple aspect. Its main entrance, unique in Toledo, in of Almohad style bearing uncommon small green ceramic in columns on the door. The capitals are Visigoths, Its Mosque past is being represented by a funeral pilaster.During the 16th Century its...
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  • 9. Real Colegio de Doncellas Nobles Toledo
    The Colegio de Doncellas Nobles of Toledo was founded in 1551 by the archbishop of Toledo and cardinal Juan Martínez Silíceo. It was copatronazgo of the archbishop and the king Philip II, that had like object the education of young like good mothers of family. They came from humble families and others from noble families from all over Europe . It is included in the list of Royal Sites of Patrimonio Nacional. It worked with the original statute until in 1990 the College became a University Residence. Since 2016 is open to sightseeing, thanks to an agreement between Patrimonio Nacional and the Archbishopric of Toledo. The building of the College continues occupying the original location of one of the houses, that for that purpose were acquired to Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y de la Cerda, pri...
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  • 10. San Sebastian Church Toledo
    San Sebastian is one of the oldest churches of Toledo, Spain. It once was close to the former city gate called Bab-al-Dabbagin also known by its Spanish name as Puerta de los Curtidores . Archeological research shows that it was originally built as a mosque in the 10th century, and enlarged in the 11th century. The mosque was called Al-Dabbagin., sometimes transliterated as Adabaquín. Some time after 1085 it became the church of one of the six Toledan parishes of the Mozarabic rite. The architectural reconstruction dates from the late 12th or 13th century. The church as it now remains shows the characteristics of the Mudéjar architectural style, with rich Arabic decorations. The tower of the church shows characteristics of the former minaret that stood in its place and is from the 15th c...
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  • 11. Iglesia de Las Santas Justa y Rufina Toledo
    The Iglesia de las Santas Justa y Rufina is one of the so-called Mozarabic parish churches of Toledo , whose existence has been documented since 1156. However, certain material remains reveal the existence in this place of an Islamic construction, which would undoubtedly have to be identified with a mosque. Until very recently, the only testimony of the existence of an Islamic construction consisted of a fragment of arch that, on a Visigothic pilaster, was embedded in the northwest facade of the temple. The reuse of a piece from previous period, combined with the characteristics of the cutting of the arch, allow them to think of an Islamic work dating around 10th century.Once the temple was consecrated to Christian worship, its apse had to be erected, whose formal characteristics would lea...
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