Toledo

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MAP OF THE ROUTE 1. Church of Sto. Tomé 2. Town hall 3. Cathedral of Toledo 4. Synagogue (jewish museum)

TO EAT - El Ábside street: Marqués de Mendigorria, 1 phone: 925213202 - Mayorial street: Avenida de Castilla-La Mancha, 45 phone: 925216000 - La Abadia street: Plaza de San Nicolás, 3 phone: 925251148 - La Catedral street: Nuncio Viejo, 1 phone: 925224244 - La Cancela street: Venancio, 5 phone: 925215223


THE ROUTE

CHURCH OF STO. TOMÉ The 14th-century tower of Santo Tomé is one of the finest examples of Mudejar architecture in Toledo. The museum of the church contains the masterpiece of El Greco, The Burial of the Count of Orgaz. It is a canvas which represents the emergence of two saints inside the church to bury the body of Lord Orgaz, benefactor of this church that was buried there in 1323

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SYNAGOGUE The Sephardim Museum is made up of five rooms that display aspects of the history, religion, customs and manners of Spain’s Jewish and Sephardic past. ROOM 1: -HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE ROOMS 2 & 3: -THE JEWS IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA ROOM 4: -THE SEPHARDIM ROOM 5: -JUDAISM AS A WAY OF LIFE

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CATHEDRAL OF SAINT MARY Is a Roman Catholic cathedral . he cathedral of Toledo is one of the three 13th century High Gothic cathedrals in Spain and is considered to be the pinnacle[of the Gothic style in Spain It is built with white stone from Olihuelas, close to Toledo.


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