Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Madrid, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Badajoz, Cáceres, and Ávila. Its capital is the city of Toledo.
The Mosque of Cristo de la Luz is a former mosque in Toledo, Spain. It is the one of the ten that existed in the city during the Moorish period. The edifice was then known as Mezquita Bab-al-Mardum, deriving its name from the city gate Bab al-Mardum. It is located near the Puerta del Sol, in an area of the city once called Medina where wealthy Muslims used to live.
The Hospital Real de Todos os Santos was a major hospital in Lisbon, Portugal. The hospital was built between 1492 and 1504 and was destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, along with most of the city.
The Colegio de Doncellas Nobles of Toledo was founded in 1551 by the archbishop of Toledo and cardinal Juan Martínez Silíceo. It was copatronazgo of the archbishop and the king Philip II, that had like object the education of young like good mothers of family. They came from humble families and others from noble families from all over Europe. It is included in the list of Royal Sites of Patrimonio Nacional.
The Puerta de Bisagra is a city gate of Toledo, Spain.
The Primate Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo is a Roman Catholic church in Toledo, Spain. It is the seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo.
Convent of Santa Fe is a catholic church situated in Toledo, Spain. It is situated in north-east side of the old town. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural on 30 September 1919.
The Palacio Arzobispal de Toledo or Archbishop's Palace of Toledo is a palace located in front of the Cathedral and next to the City Hall in the city of Toledo, region of Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
The Flour factory San José, located in Toledo (Spain), is a clear example of the industrial architecture of the late 19th century.
The Hospital de Tavera, also known as the Hospital de San Juan Bautista, Hospital de afuera, or simply as Hospital Tavera, is an important Building of Renaissance style that is in the Spanish city of Toledo. It was built between 1541 and 1603 by order of the Cardinal Tavera. This hospital is dedicated to John the Baptist and also served as pantheon for its patron, Cardinal Tavera. Initially it began to be constructed under the supervision of Alonso de Covarrubias, being succeeded by other architects and finishing the work Bartolomé Bustamante.
The building of the former Casino of Toledo (Spain), whose real name corresponds to the one of Center of Artists and Industrialists, belongs to the trend of Eclecticism that develops In Europe in the 19th century. The architect, Felipe Trigo, mixed elements of the Renaissance, in the configuration and planning of the facade, and Mudéjar, in the use of the brick.
The so-called Templar House in Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain, was built and decorated between the years 1085 and 1114, belonging to this period the general structure, typically Al-Andalusian, supported by the vaults of the basement and organized around the courtyard. The strict contemporaneousness existing between this monument of Toledo, the Aljafería palace of Zaragoza (1046–1082), and the roofing of the church of San Millán of Segovia is shown by the fact that the large majority of the construction elements for the roofs and ornamental designs are practically the same on all three buildings.
The iglesia de San Andrés is a church located in the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. The iglesia de San Andrés, as is common in this city, is a mix of different styles. On the one hand, there are present Mudéjar and Gothic architecture, and also, the Baroque, following a remodeling of the 17th century. After the last restoration traceries appeared in the facade that evoke the eclecticism of the crossing. A Visigoth relief and two Visigothic pilasters was also discovered.
The Iglesia de San Ildefonso is a Baroque style church located in the center of the historic city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It is also known as the Jesuit church and is consecrated to Saint Ildefonso of Toledo, patron of the city and Father of the Church.
The Iglesia de Santa Leocadia is a church located in Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. The Toledan tradition maintains that this church is built on the site of the house where Saint Leocadia of Toledo was born, to which would belong a small underground room, where it is affirmed that it made prayer. This cave corresponds to the crypt located next to the right pillar of the presbytery, and is covered with a plaster crossery vault, which can be dated in the first half of the 16th century. In the tower and in the facade of the church are preserved, embedded, some fragments of Visigothic style's reliefs.
The Colegio de Nuestra Señora de los Infantes is a college of the city of Toledo was founded by the Cardinal Silíceo in the 16th century. The building, already completed in 1559, was not constructed as a new plant, but was the result of the remodeling of an existing property. The plant, totally, irregular, is imposed by the adjacent streets, which make the College an exempt building.
The Convento de las Carmelitas Descalzas de San José of Toledo is a monastic building dating from the second half of the 16th century.
The Convento de San Antonio de Padua is a Franciscan convent located in Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Dedicated to St Anthony of Padua, the institution was created in 1525 in the former palace of the advisor comunero Don Fernando de Ávalos, confiscated by order of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor because its owner was a comunero. The entrance is Gothic-Mudéjar of the 15th Century.
The Convento de San Pedro Mártir, is a convent located in Toledo. The Dominican convent was moved in 1407 from its location outside the walls to the houses donated by Doña Guiomar de Meneses. through its successive extensions and modifications, became one of the richest and most important convents of the city.
The Palace of Fuensalida, is a palace located in city of Toledo built at the end of the first half of the 15th century by Pedro López de Ayala, the first lord of Fuensalida, is a great example of the Toledan Mudéjar, a historical typology that is scarce in Toledo built heritage, where merge three styles: Gothic, Plateresque and Mudéjar.
