The Cathedral is the centrepiece of Toledo. It sits on top of the hill and is deceptively large. When you enter you will be confronted by sparkling gold reliefs, huge oil paintings and portraits of all of the Toledo Cardinals going back at least 500 years. The baroque Transparente, behind the main altar, is like nothing you have ever seen. The Cathedral also has a great art gallery with works by Raphael, Rubens, Goya, Titian, and one of El Greco's major works, The Disrobing of Christ.
The Alcazar is a large square building on the outskirts of the old city. It looks across the river at Franco's old military barracks. The origin of the building dates back to the presence of a Roman camp in the IIIrd century. The Muslims built there a keep transformed later by Alfonso VI and Alfonso X, which was the first Alcazar.
The Military barracks.
San Juan de Los Reyes, a beautiful 16th century church in the Jewish quarter that was built by Ferdinand and Isabella to house their tombs. Upon the conquest of Grenada, they decided to be buried there instead, but it is still easily worth the visit.
Jesuits Church offers great views of Toledo and the surrounding region from its twin spires. It is set in the highest location in the city.
Toledo was one of the most important centers of the large Jewish comunity of Spain, two of the ten synagogues that served the Jewish community are among the jewels of Toledo: 1. "Sinagoga El Transito", which hosts the Sefardi Museum, 2. "Sinagoga de Santa Maria la Blanca." There are only three synagogues left in Spain from before the expulsion of the Jews in the 16th century, and two of them are in Toledo. The third is in Córdoba.
One of El Greco's most famous and recognized works "El Entierro del Senor de Orgaz" is housed in Iglesia de Santo Tome.
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