The artist El Greco lived almost half his life in Toledo, and so some of his most famous paintings were located here. Tuesday morning we visited the Santa Cruz Museum displaying fifteen of his paintings, the most impressive being the Assumption of Mary. Afterwards, we visited the Chapel of Santo Tome containing El Greco�s masterpiece, The Burial of the Count of Orgaz.
Before leaving Toledo, we visited once more the beautiful cathedral, walked some of Toledo�s ancient lanes, and took a short historical tour of the city. We easily could have stayed another day in Toledo, but we were on a schedule and so continued to Madrid Tuesday afternoon. |
