Living TRAVEL - SPAIN - 2019TOLEDO |
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![]() Tagus River and St Martin's Bridge, Toledo, Spain |
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![]() Street, Toledo, Spain |
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Streets in the old part of Toledo, Spain |
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![]() Primate Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo - 13th to 15th century |
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![]() Facade, Toledo Cathedral, Spain |
![]() Papal Tiara Tower, Toledo Cathedral, Spain |
![]() Cathedral, Toledo, Spain - view from the Nave, past the Choir, through to the Grand Altar behind |
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![]() Cathedral Grand Altar, completed 1504 AD (45 m tall, the largest altar in the world? Also see Seville Cathedral) |
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![]() ![]() More detailed views of the Cathedral Grand Altar, Toledo, Spain |
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![]() ![]() More detailed views of the Cathedral Grand Altar, Toledo, Spain |
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More views inside the Toledo Cathedral |
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![]() Organ in the Choir, Cathedral, Toledo, Spain |
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![]() Windows, Cathedral, Toledo, Spain |
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![]() Sacristy, with famous El Greco painting, Toledo Cathedral |
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![]() El Greco "The Disrobing of Christ" 1579 AD in the Sacristy of the Toledo Cathedral |
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![]() Chapter House, Toledo Cathedral |
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Synagogue of El Tránsitofounded by Samuel ha--Levi Abulafia in about 1356 AD |
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12th century Church of San Salvator, Toledo, Spain |
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Built on a mosque, and started
Christian life as a cemetery - some of which still remains - see below |
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![]() The small church of San Salvador |
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![]() Cemetery remains below the Mezquita-Iglesia de El Salvador, Toledo, Spain |
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El Greco House Museum, Toledo, Spain - opened in 1911 |
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Celebrating the works of painter El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1541–1614), who spent much of his life in Toledo, having been born in Fodele, Crete. |
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![]() St John, by El Greco One of many El Greco paintings in the museum, plus works of other artists |
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![]() An unusual painting for the time - a panorama of Toledo by El Greco |