in the main chapel, note the protruding organ pipes
portrait of Pope Paul III, painted by Titian in 1545
Luca Giordano took care of the fresco in the ceiling of the sacristy
the high altar
unfortunately the lower parts of the fresco have moister damage
the ceiling of the vestuary was painted by Claudio Coelle
This mosque
itself was build on the site of a 6th century Visigoth church where the many Counsels of Toledo were held.
Build in the
13th century the cathedral is seen as the top Gothic church of Spain.
Its outer dimensions are impressive but
the real treasures are inside. The many chapels a filled with the finest artworks.
The sacristy and vestuary have stunning
cieling frescos and the rooms are loaded with paintings from El Greco, Goya, Titian, van Dyck, Caravaggio and
many others.
The corridors in the cloister have large pastel colored frescos.
At the end is the Capilla de San
Blas with the white marble tombs of archbishop Pedro Tenorio and his secretary Vicente Balbao. As the chapel lies meters
below groundlevel the frescos are deteriorated.
We visited the Catedral in May 2016
the front of the catedral
you buy your tickets here
the Disrobing of Christ is one of El Greco's masterpieces
one of the frescos in the cloister corridor
inside the Capilla de San Blas rest archbishop Pedro Tenorio and his secretary Vicente Balbao since 1399
