Friday, January 8, 2010

Santa Cruz Museum in Toledo

Museum entrance











Moorish stone tablet











Toga! Toga! Second-third century AD, from a
villa in the area












And a 3500BC menhir, with serpentine figure;
people have been living around here for a long
time














Courtyard; the place was originally a hospital;
several items in its collection were from, we
noted, a home for the elderly insane...










Close range target practice on St. Sebastian











El Greco's celebrated Assumption











Jesus and St. John












The Annunciation






















































































A sort of regional museum, the Santa Cruz is best known for its El Grecos but had plenty of other stuff of interest. Alas, unfortunately, they closed early--unannounced--for New Year's Eve, so we did not get to see the tile collection

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