Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayo
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor
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Toro - Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor


The town of Toro lies on a plateau above the Duero River about 40 km east of Zamora.
In medieval times Toro had some importance. Ferdinand III of Castile was crowned king in Toro in 1230, his wife Elisabeth of Swabia died here five years later.
The large collegiate church Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor, whose construction began in 1160 under Alfonso VII, but lasted possibly even until the end of the 13th century. During the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, it was elevated to a collegiate church.
The architectural highlight of the church building is the two-story crossing tower (“cimborrio”) with its sixteen-sided floor plan, with four sides being particularly highlighted by round corner towers, which serve both for architectural decoration and for static stabilization. While the corner towers in the lower part hardly have any architectural decoration, the two levels of the central tower with their windows - accompanied by small columns and ending in oriental-looking multi-aisle arches - are designed in exactly the same way.
The west portal ("Portada de la Majestad") is an important achievement of Spanish Gothic architecture. The portal itself is dated to the time of Sancho IV (1258-1295), the colored version comes from the 18th century. In the center is Mary, who already appears at the trumeau pillar of the portal with the Christ on her arm.
In the portal jamb are depictions of Old Testament kings (David and Solomon) and prophets. In the stone lintel above there is a depiction of the death and ascension of Mary. The tympanum shows the scene of her sitting at God's right hand and being crowned. The scene in the tympanum is accompanied by two kneeling angels with candlesticks and two flying angels with censers. In the six archivolts above are a total of 78 individual figures.
In medieval times Toro had some importance. Ferdinand III of Castile was crowned king in Toro in 1230, his wife Elisabeth of Swabia died here five years later.
The large collegiate church Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor, whose construction began in 1160 under Alfonso VII, but lasted possibly even until the end of the 13th century. During the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, it was elevated to a collegiate church.
The architectural highlight of the church building is the two-story crossing tower (“cimborrio”) with its sixteen-sided floor plan, with four sides being particularly highlighted by round corner towers, which serve both for architectural decoration and for static stabilization. While the corner towers in the lower part hardly have any architectural decoration, the two levels of the central tower with their windows - accompanied by small columns and ending in oriental-looking multi-aisle arches - are designed in exactly the same way.
The west portal ("Portada de la Majestad") is an important achievement of Spanish Gothic architecture. The portal itself is dated to the time of Sancho IV (1258-1295), the colored version comes from the 18th century. In the center is Mary, who already appears at the trumeau pillar of the portal with the Christ on her arm.
In the portal jamb are depictions of Old Testament kings (David and Solomon) and prophets. In the stone lintel above there is a depiction of the death and ascension of Mary. The tympanum shows the scene of her sitting at God's right hand and being crowned. The scene in the tympanum is accompanied by two kneeling angels with candlesticks and two flying angels with censers. In the six archivolts above are a total of 78 individual figures.
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