6/8/2023 0 Comments Holy Toledo by Ken Korach![]() ![]() The upper choir stalls are made up of 72 ceremonial chairs that were designed by Alonso de Berruguete and Felipe Vigarni, in the sixteenth century. The lower choir stalls were begun in the fifteenth century depicting scenes of the surrender of cities and fortresses up until the conquest of Granada. The grille that surrounds the choir is by Domingo de Cespedes. The impressive choir is considered as one of the grandest in all Christendom. The fifteenth century Santiago Chapel, has a flamboyant Gothic style and houses the sarcophagi of Alvaro de Luna and his wife Juana de Pimentel. It was commissioned by Cardinal Cisneros and made between 14. The altarpiece in the main chapel has five sections, depicting scenes from the New Testament, along with life-sized polychromatic sculptures made of gilded wood. ![]() The polychromatic stained glass windows date back to the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The church has five naves and measures 120 metres long and 59 metres wide. ![]()
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