Toledo, the Story of an Old Spanish CapitalLynch, Hannah
History
Toledo, the Story of an Old Spanish Capital
Lynch, Hannah
Toledo (Spain) -- Description and travel; Toledo (Spain) -- History
_Earliest History of Toledo_ 1
CHAPTER II
_Under Goth Rule_ 26
CHAPTER III
_Under the Moslems_ 64
CHAPTER IV
_Her latest History_ 81
CHAPTER V
_The Old Capital, once and now_ 115
CHAPTER VI
_The Cathedral_ 150
CHAPTER VII
_Domenico Theotocopoulos, "El Greco"_ 193
CHAPTER VIII
_San Juan de los Reyes, Santa Maria la Blanca, El Transito_ 216
CHAPTER IX
_Vanished Palaces_ 243
CHAPTER X
_Minor Churches, Convents, and Hospitals_ 266
CHAPTER XI
_Bridges and Gates_ 292
APPENDIX
_Practical Information_ 305
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
_Portrait of Antonio de Covarrubias,
from the painting by El Greco_ _Frontispiece._
_Puente de Alcántara_ 4
_Puente de Alcántara_ 41
_The Cathedral_ 83
_Puente S. Martino_ 97
_Moorish Arch leading to Zocodover_ 121
_House Cervantes stayed in, Toledo_ 123
_The Zocodover_ 125
_The Tagus_ 135
_Mill on the Tagus_ 137
_Toledo from Left Bank of Tagus_ 141
_Puente S. Martino of Bano de la Cava_ 145
_A Street Corner, Toledo_ 147
_Interior of Cathedral_ 153
_North Transept Door of Cathedral_ 160
_Interior of Cathedral Coro from S. Aisle_ 163
_Detail of Reja to Capilla Mayor, Cathedral, Toledo_ 167
_Detail, Tomb of King, Gospel Side of High Altar, Cathedral, Toledo_ 170
_Tomb of Cardinal Mendoza_ 171
_Capitular Door in Toledo Cathedral_ 177
_Tombs of Count Alvaro de Luna and Wife, the Cathedral, Toledo_ 183
_The Cathedral Tower_ 191
_"The Burial of the Count of Orgaz," from the painting by El Greco_ 202
_Detail of Ornament, Interior of S. Juan de los Reyes_ 221
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