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Description
On the east side of the Plaza del Ayuntamiento stands the Cathedral, Toledo's principal landmark and the Catedral Primada of Spain. Spain's finest Gothic cathedral after that of Burgos, it was built between 1227 and 1493 on the site of the Moorish Great Mosque, which itself had replaced an earlier Visigothic church. In the 90m/295ft high north tower (1380-1440), from which there are fine views, is the famous bell known as the Campana Gorda, cast in 1753 and weighing 17 tons. The south tower, which was left unfinished, has a Baroque dome.
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Cathedral Highlights

Cathedral - Doorways

On the west front of the Toledo Cathedral are three handsome Gothic doorways (1418-50), richly decorated with sculpture and reliefs. On the central doorway, the Puerta del Perdón, is a carving by
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Cathedral - Interior

The Cathedral in Toledo is entered by the Puerta de Mollete (mollete = "muffin"), at which food was distributed to the poor. The interior (110m/360ft long without the Capilla de San Ildefonso),
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Capilla Mayor

The richly gilded Capilla Mayor has a finely decorated Plateresque reja of 1548. The huge retablo of gilded and painted larchwood (1504) has four tiers of New Testament scenes with life- size
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Capilla Mozarabe

Immediately on the right of the Cathedral's main entrance, in the south tower, is the Mozarabic Chapel (1504), in which mass is celebrated every morning at about 9:45 according to the Visigothic
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Capilla de Reyes Nuevos

Immediately to the left of the Capilla de Santiago is a doorway giving access to the Capilla de Reyes Nuevos, splendidly decorated in Plateresque style, which contains the tomb of Henry II of Trastamara.

Capilla de Santiago

To the left of the Ambulatory is the richly decorated Gothic Capilla de Santiago, which contains the magnificent Gothic marble monuments of Condestable Álvaro de Luna and his wife (1488).

Cathedral - Ambulatory

The chapels round the ambulatory all contain finely carved tombs. In the central chapel, the Capilla de San Ildefonso, is the tomb of Cardinal Albornoz.

Cathedral - Chapterhouse

From the ambulatory a magnificent doorway gives access to the Chapterhouse of 1512, which has a beautiful artesonado ceiling. The thirteen wall paintings with portraits of archbishops of Toledo are
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Cathedral - Choir

The Choir, screened by a Plateresque reja of 1548, has choir-stalls of walnutwood which are masterpieces of Renaissance carving. The stalls in the lower tier (sillería baja; by Rodrigo Alemán, 1495
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Cathedral - Cloister

On the north side of the Cathedral is the Cloister (begun 1389). On the south and east sides of the lower cloister (claustro bajo) are frescoes by Francisco Bayeu and Mariano Maella (1776). At the
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Cathedral - Sacristy

To the left of the ambulatory is the entrance to the Sacristy (1592-1616), which is now a small picture gallery. On the altar is El Greco's "Disrobing of Christ" ("El Spolio", 1579); to the right
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Cathedral - Treasury

The Cathedral Treasury is in the Capilla de San Juan, under the north tower. Its principal treasure is the famous monstrance by Juan de Arfe (1524), which is almost 3m/10ft high and weighs 172 kg/38
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Ochavo

On the west side of the Sacristy lies the Ochavo, an octagonal chamber with a high dome (ceiling paintings by F. Ricci and J. Carreño) which contains some 400 relics. The adjoining Capilla de la
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Do-It-Yourself Tours
Address
Toledo Cathedral
Cardenal Cisneros 1
E-45002 Toledo
Spain
http://www.architoledo.org
Hours
June 1 to September 30
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October 1 to May 31
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Disabled
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