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The Primatial Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo (Spanish: Catedral Primada Santa María de Toledo), otherwise known as Toledo Cathedral, is a Catholic church in Toledo, Spain. It is the seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo .
El Transparente. El Transparente is a Baroque altarpiece in the ambulatory of the Cathedral of Toledo.Its name refers to the unique illumination provided by a large skylight cut very high up into the thick wall across the ambulatory, and another hole cut into the back of the altarpiece itself to allow shafts of sunlight to strike the tabernacle.
A Madonna and Child statue in the cathedral. The building was designed by William Perry of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, whose architectural drawings were approved by Samuel Stritch (1921–1930), the second bishop of the diocese of Toledo, Ohio.
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Toledo Cathedral. Narciso Tomé (1690–1742) was a Spanish architect and sculptor of the late-Baroque or Rococo period. [1] Tomé was born in Toro, Spain. With his brother, Diego, he sculpted the facade of the University of Valladolid in 1715.
Interior of the San Sebastián Church in Toledo, one of the historical Mozarabic parishes within the city. Despite the factors that threatened the Hispanic Rite's survival, there were also overriding factors that contributed to its preservation, which are linked to the same factors working against the rite.
Toledo is a monumental Gothic cathedral and represents architectural experimentation, [8] as this was built during the upsurge of Gothic architecture in Spain. Similar to Toledo, Burgos Cathedral was constructed in the early thirteenth century, in 1221. Both Toledo and Burgos Cathedrals have been altered many times since their initial ...
The Iglesia de Santo Tomé is a church located in the historical center of the city of Toledo , and was founded after the reconquest of this city by King Alfonso VI of León. [1] It appears quoted in the 12th century, as constructed on the site of an old mosque of the 11th century. [ 2 ]