The Cathedrals of Northern Spain / Their History and Their Architecture; Together with Much of Interest Concerning the Bishops, Rulers and Other Personages Identified with Them

by Charles Rudy

TOLEDO

• See dedicated to the Virgin Mother and her Apparition to San Ildefonso.
• Bishopric erected prior to 513 A. D.
• One of first bishops is San Ildefonso.
• During Arab domination see remains vacant.
• First archbishop, Don Bernardo (1085).
• Primate cathedral of all the Spains since XVth century.
• First stone of present building laid in 1227.
• Church completed in 1493.[{380}]
• Additions, repairs, etc., dating from XVIth-XVIIIth century.
• Length, 404 feet; width, 204 feet; height of tower, 298 feet.
• Height of nave, 98 feet.
• Height of principal door, 20 feet; width, 7 feet.
• Diameter of rose window in western front, 30 feet.
• Chief attractions: The ensemble, decorative and industrial accessories, chapter-room, sacristy, paintings, bell-tower, etc. (The richest cathedral in Spain.)