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Toledo Cathedral’s Gothic tower and façade under a blue sky.
The cathedral and its tower. Photo: Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Toledo Cathedral

High Gothic cathedral begun in 1226 on the site of the city’s former mosque; seat of the Primate of Spain.

Location
Toledo, Spain
Building
Cathedral (primatial, archdiocesan see)
Tradition
Roman Catholic
Religious use
In use as the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Toledo.
Official website
Toledo Cathedral

Map Building location: Apple Maps · Google Maps — the building, not a confirmed visitor entrance.

Toledo has held the honorific title of primatial see since 1088. Its Mozarabic Chapel still celebrates the Hispano-Mozarabic Rite.

In the Atlas

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  • Documented

    It was begun in 1226 under Ferdinand III, modelled on Bourges Cathedral; its five-aisled plan covers the sacred space of the former city mosque, and the cloister its courtyard. The vaults of the central nave were finished in 1493.

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  • Reference work · Read in a build session

    Toledo Cathedral — Wikipedia (English)

    Read on 28 Oct 2026 at revision 1380962616, fetched by the research workflow (research/fetched/places/toledo-cathedral/wikipedia.txt). A general reference work, not a scholarly source; the statements here were checked against it.

  • Reference work · Read in a build session

    Wikidata item Q1123180 (Toledo Cathedral) — Wikidata

    Read on 28 Oct 2026: instance of, religion, diocese, coordinates and official website.