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Religious Site 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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Religious Site Attractions In Toledo

  • 1. Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes Toledo
    The Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes is an Isabelline style monastery in Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, built by the Catholic Monarchs .
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  • 3. El Transito Synagogue and Sephardic Museum Toledo
    The Synagogue of El Tránsito is a historic building in Toledo, Spain. It is famous for its rich stucco decoration, which bears comparison with the Alcazar of Seville and the Alhambra palaces in Granada.
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  • 4. Synagogue of Saint Mary the White Toledo
    The Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca is a museum and former synagogue in Toledo, Spain. Erected in 1180, according to an inscription on a beam, it is disputably considered the oldest synagogue building in Europe still standing. It is now owned and preserved by the Catholic Church. Its stylistic and cultural classification is unique among surviving buildings as it was constructed under the Christian Kingdom of Castile by Islamic architects for Jewish use. It is considered a symbol of the cooperation that existed among the three cultures that populated the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages.
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  • 5. Convento de San Antonio de Padua Toledo
    The Convento de San Antonio de Padua is a Franciscan convent located in Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Dedicated to St Anthony of Padua, the institution was created in 1525 in the former palace of the advisor comunero Don Fernando de Ávalos, confiscated by order of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor because its owner was a comunero. The entrance is Gothic-Mudéjar of the 15th Century. The church was designed by Juan Bautista Monegro. The chapter house and the choir, of the same period, conserves a beautiful floor of azulejos. Its main altar has an 18th-Century Baroque altarpiece. In the side chapels are located the sepulchers of its founders, the De la Fuente family.
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  • 6. Convento de los Carmelitas Descalzos Toledo
    The Convento de los Carmelitas Descalzos is a Discalced Carmelite convent dating to 1643 located in the city of Toledo (Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Azulejos panels from the 18th century covers the central nave and the chapels. The altarpieces was introduced from other buildings.
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  • 7. Convento de Santa Isabel de los Reyes Toledo
    The Convento de Santa Úrsula is a Mudéjar convent located in the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It was built in 1259 and its church in 1360.It has a reredos made in 1535 by Alonso Berruguete.
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  • 8. Convento de Santa Ursula Toledo
    The Convento de Santa Úrsula is a Mudéjar convent located in the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It was built in 1259 and its church in 1360.It has a reredos made in 1535 by Alonso Berruguete.
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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. Convento de las Agustinas Calzadas Toledo
    The Convent of the Calced Augustinians is an Augustinian convent located in Toledo, Spain. The word calzadas translates to calced in English, referring to the fact that the community wore shoes, rather than going barefoot as other religious orders did. The building is designated a Property of Cultural Interest. The building contains a small central courtyard surrounded by living and working quarters. Architecturally, the convent has had a complicated history. It was begun in the 17th century and was adapted in the mid-18th century from existing structures; paid for by Luis II Fernandez de Cordoba. Count of Teba and Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo between 1755 and 1771.The chapel has an altar-piece by the baroque painter Francisco Rizi.
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  • 11. Convento de Santa Clara la Real Toledo
    The Convento de Santa Úrsula is a Mudéjar convent located in the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It was built in 1259 and its church in 1360.It has a reredos made in 1535 by Alonso Berruguete.
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  • 12. Mezquita de Tornerias. Toledo
    The Mezquita de las Tornerías is a Moorish former mosque in Toledo . It was built in the middle of the 11th century, built on a foundations of Roman architecture, located in the old Muslim neighborhood Arrabal de Francos. Currently it houses the Center Foundation of Promotion of the Crafts, that can be visited and attend temporary exhibitions. The building continued maintaining the Islam in Spain, even well beyond the reconquista of the city by the Christian troops of Alfonso VI of León and Castile in 1085, until the period of 1498 - 1505 when was desacralizated by the Catholic Monarchs. Already as a building for civil use, it goes through various vicissitudes, first as an inn in 1505 and then as the headquarters of different businesses and small factories or as a simple home. Its histor...
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