In 1227, Saint Ferdinand III decided to undertake the building of a Cathedral. Building continued until the end of the 15C and so all the stages of Spanish Gothic appear in it. The richness of the carved decoration and the collection of works of art ..

The delightful Mudéjar decoration of the 14C Sinagoga del Tránsito , the intricately carved capitals of Santa María la Blanca (a former 12C synagogue), the rich carving of the Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes and the Plateresque façade of the..

Toledo’s situation is unique, and can be appreciated all the more from the Cigarrales , extensive olive groves on the south bank of the River Tagus (accessed by the Carretera de Circunvalación as far as Puente de San Martín), where there are several..

Of the many synagogues originally built in the Jewish quarter of Toledo, only this one and that of Santa María la Blanca survive to this day. The marvellous Mudéjar decoration inside this small, relatively plain building comes as a pleasant surpr..

A fine plateresque building, the façade of which is the work of Covarrubias. The interior architecture is notable for the size of the nave and the transept, which depict a Greek cross on two levels. The museum houses a fine collection of paintings..

The outside of the monastery is relatively austere. The interior by contrast is very representative of the Isabelline style, as it mixes flamboyant Gothic with some Mudéjar and even Renaissance touches. The cloister has a noble appearance with its ..

The hospital was founded in the 16C by Cardinal Tavera. After the Civil War, the Duchess of Lerma established, in the left-hand wing, magnificent apartments in the style of the 17C. On the ground floor is a fine library and among the paintings on d..

This Mudéjar church has a fine tower which is almost identical to that of Saint Tomé. Built in the 13C, the walls are covered with frescoes portraying the resurrection of the dead. The church houses elsewhere the collections of the Museum of the Cou..

At the beginning of this new century, the Marquis de Vega Inclan decided to put together a small museum dedicated to El Greco close to the artist's house . This represents a reconstruction of the artist's studio, in a typically Toledan 16C setting. ..

The main Jewish temple in Toledo at the end of the 12C, it was given in 1405 to the Knights of Calatrava, after having been transformed into a church. In spite of all that, the interior has retained the characteristic style of the Almohade Arabs. Fiv..

Returning from exile in 1952 after the Civil War, Victorio Macho (born in 1887, leading light of the Spanish avant-garde) had this house-studio constructed by friend and architect Secundido Zuazo. The site, known as Roca Tarpeya, has a fine view over..

This building is based on an old Mudéjar palace. It was later used to store materials intended for use in the building of the Cathedral. In the rooms, some small windows are linked through horseshoe-shaped openings decorated with atauriques (leaf or ..

The church is famous as it houses an important picture by El Greco: The Funeral of the Count of Orgaz . This work, painted in 1586, recalls the miracle of the appearance of Saint Augustine and Saint Stephen, who came to bury the Count of Orgaz thems..

Before it became the residence of Charles V, the Alcazar was El Cid's fortress. Today, the monument to the victory stands in front of the façade. You can visit the basement where the families of the «Cadets» lived and upstairs, the office of Colonel ..

The Arabs built a mosque on the ruins of a Visigoth temple. In the 12C it was transformed into a Mudéjar church. It is said that Alfonso VI discovered a figure of Christ here illuminated by a Visigoth lamp. This « Christ of the Light» gave the church..

The gateway was rebuilt in the 14C in the Mudéjar style. Allowing entry through the second encircling wall, it opened on two limited horseshoe arches. Visible on the top is a strange sculpture showing two girls carrying a severed head on a tray. The ..

This beautiful restored Mudéjar church contains the highly decorated Gothic-Mudéjar pulpit from which Saint Vincent Ferrier is said to have preached. Note the interesting 16C altarpiece.

Created in 1550 by Covarrubias, this gate was enlarged in the time of Philip II. It is made up of two round towers which face the road from Madrid and surround a gigantic Imperial coat of arms.

By breaching the old Arab town wall, Alfonso VI was able to enter Toledo. The Puerta Antigua de Bisagra is the last relic of this exploit.

On the town wall, close to the bridge, is a plaque commemmorating the escape of Saint John of the Cross. The bridge dates from the 13C and from it you can see the battlements of the 14C San Servando Castle . From one part or another of the bridge, a..