Toledo, Spain Travel Photos
The cornerstone of the Cathedral of Toledo was laid in 1226, under the reign of Ferdinand the Third and the construction was completed in 1493, the exact year Columbus reached the Americas.
The high altar of the cathedral, several stories high, took 6 years to be built and was completed in 1504. It is truly a amazingly beautiful and the wooden detailing is truly stunning. It is definetly the centerpiece of the cathedral and is well worth a detailed look for it must be one of the most beautiful examples of gothic art. Most gothic cathedrals seem to have a much more understated decoration. An intricately detailed shaft of sunlight striking it through an appropriately oriented hole in the roof seems to give the impression that the whole altar is rising to heaven. Through it was added later, this whole play of light is one of the most strikingly beautiful parts of the cathedral.
Anyone in Toledo should definetly pay the small entrance fee and enjoy the details of the cathedral. There is also a free entrance but it leads to a very restricted area from where most of the beauty of the cathedral goes unseen.
