Museo Convento de Santo Domingo el Antiguo
This quiet convent church has the distinction of having first lured Doménikos Theotokópoulos—later known as El Greco—to Toledo in 1577 with a commission for nine paintings. His The Assumption, which still sits above the altar, is not his finest work but it helped make the authorities of Toledo sit up and take notice of his visionary talent. The painter and city proved a good match, and he spent the rest of his life here. He was originally buried in the crypt, and if you take the guided tour (in Spanish only) you can glimpse his tomb through a peephole in the floor. But his remains were moved during renovations in the 17th century and have been lost.
This quiet convent church has the distinction of having first lured Doménikos Theotokópoulos—later known as El Greco—to Toledo in 1577 with a commission for nine paintings. His The Assumption, which still sits above the altar, is not his finest work but it helped make the authorities of Toledo sit up and take notice of his visionary talent. The painter and city proved a good match, and he spent the rest of his life here. He was originally buried in the crypt, and if you take the guided tour (in Spanish only) you can glimpse his tomb through a peephole in the floor. But his remains were moved during renovations in the 17th century and have been lost.
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