The Muslim invasion did not immediately eliminate the Christian presence and the bishopric remained established in the church of Saint Mary of Alfizén. Also, the abjuration of Arianism on the part of Reccared occurred there. The numerous Councils of Toledo attest to its important ecclesiastical past. The city had been the episcopal seat of Visigothic Spain.
In the name of the Lord the Church of Saint Mary was consecrated as Catholic, the first day of the ides of April, in the joyful first year of the reign of our most glorious king Flavius Reccared, Era 625. This church was consecrated for a second time in the year 587, after having undergone some alterations, as testified by a 16th-century inscription preserved on a pillar in the rear of the nave of the church which states: History Origins The main façade, from the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.įor many years, an unwritten popular tradition has held that there was originally a church from the era of the first Archbishop Eugene (Saint Eugene of Toledo) located in the same place as the present cathedral. The Mozarabic Chapel in the Cathedral of Toledo still uses the Hispano-Mozarabic Rite and music. It is popularly known as Dives Toletana (meaning The Rich Toledan in Latin). It is built with white limestone from the quarries of Olihuelas, near Toledo. The spectacular incorporation of light and the structural achievements of the ambulatory vaults are some of its more remarkable aspects. It also combines some characteristics of the Mudéjar style, mainly in the cloister, with the presence of multifoiled arches in the triforium. It was modeled after the Bourges Cathedral, although its five naves plan is a consequence of the constructors' intention to cover all of the sacred space of the former city mosque with the cathedral, and of the former sahn with the cloister. It was begun in 1226 under the rule of Ferdinand III, and the last Gothic contributions were made in the 15th century when, in 1493, the vaults of the central nave were finished during the time of the Catholic Monarchs.
The cathedral of Toledo is one of the three 13th-century High Gothic cathedrals in Spain and is considered, in the opinion of some authorities, to be the magnum opus of the Gothic style in Spain.
It is the seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo. The Primatial Cathedral of Saint Mary of Toledo ( Spanish: Catedral Primada Santa María de Toledo), otherwise known as Toledo Cathedral, is a Roman Catholic church in Toledo, Spain.
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