First bishop after Reconquest, Bernardo (1195). Fourth bishop an Englishman, Jocelyn. * * * Date of erection of the cathedral unknown. Probably XIIth or XIIIth century Romanesque-Gothic edifice. Ambulatory added in XVIth century. * * * Length of building, 313 feet; width, 112 feet. Height of nave, 68 feet; of aisles, 63 feet. Circumference of central pillar, 50 feet. * * * Chief attractions: Western front, sacristy, rose window in southern transept arm. SORIA See to be moved here from Osma. Church dedicated to St. Mary. Raised to suffragan of Osma in XIIth century. * * * XVIth century, Gothic-plateresque building. XIIth century, western front; Castilian Romanesque. XIIth century, Romanesque cloister. * * * Chief attractions: Western front, cloister. 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. 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.) TORO Collegiate Church dedicated to St. Mary. * * * Existence of bishopric cannot be proven, though believed to have been erected during first decade of Reconquest in Xth century. Is definitely made a suffragan of Zamora in XVIth century. * * * Cathedral--or collegiate--erected end of XIIth or beginning of XIIIth century. Castilian Romanesque building. * * * Chief attractions: Military aspect of building, height of walls, massive cimborio. TUY See dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Bishopric erected in VIth century. * * * Cathedral erected in first half XIIth century. Suffered greatly from earthquakes, especially in 1755. XIIth century Galician Romanesque in spoilt conditions. Western porch or narthex dates from XVth century. * * * Chief attractions: Western front, northern portal, cloister. VALLADOLID Santa Maria la Antigua raised to suffragan of Palencia, 1074. Church built in XIIth century, Castilian Romanesque. Ruins still to be seen to rear of-- Santa Maria la Mayor. Seat of archbishopric since 1850. Bishopric established, 1595; first bishop, Don Bartolomé. * * * Cathedral begun in 1585 by Juan de Herrera. Continued XVIIth century by Churriguera. Escorial style spoilt by grotesque decoration. Tower falls down in 1841; new one being erected. * * * Rectangular in shape; length, 411 feet; width, 204 feet.