University of Toledo - Blockhouse Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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In titute twrmerlx tht llnivf.rsity,T which is the pride ofthe province. ln addif numerous elementary famous Alcazar palace is today a Government Military Academy, ' k' d. without doubt, All the buildings oc p tions are monuments of tion to this, there are schools. Also the one of the best of its in cu ied by these educational institu art comprising a varied range of styles and epochs. For instance, the College oi' Santa Catalina, presents the final develop, rich so sumptuous that one ment of art, so , - ' ' ' ' l ' ver- l t the new civilization was t regrets tia ' c ot cultif mitted its disappearance, thus n vating g ' ' ' ' 1 olclen days enius like that of thost E, fi? -:Sf 52.31 fi? . -5:-gs 1 i sl l 3 7 3 l, I M .QQ ' 'frm . l l , L nledn, Spain

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University of Toledo, Spain OLEDO was the seat of' a university for four hundred years. Later the faculty of this university was absorbed by that of the University of Madrid. The building, then a university, is tfrday occupied by an important State institute, ,,,,.......-.0-JP'

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Cathedral of Toledo, Spain O the west of the city, where one sees a conglomeration of buildings with roofs of different heights, appears the sump' tuous tower of the Cathedral. This artistic tower, like all tall and graceful constructions, from a distance gives the spectator a rare illusionAit seems that it does not stand firm and that the gusts of wind rock it gently as a palm tree. The construction of the Cathedral was begun early in the XIII century. However, its general form could not be appreciated until the end of that century, and it was completed at the beginning of the XV century. Like all cathedrals of the Middle Ages, so enormous, so complex, it needed, like a geological strata, entire centuries of slow and continuous elaboraf Queen of the Hulv Rosary Cathedral, Toledo, Ohio tion. This Cathedral is in itself a treasure of art and reliquaries. Everything therein represents the artistic temperament of those Christians. There are many master pieces of art which one could not attempt to describe. However, let us review hurriedly the famous choir of this Cathedral.