E X C U R S I O N S
Excursion included in the Congress
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| THE CATHEDRAL OF TOLEDO: | |
| The beginning of the works of the cathedral of Toledo is placed around 1222-1224, which were linked to its promoter´s personality, the bishop Ximénez de Rada. A church of five naves with a double ambulatory and without an outside marked transept was designed, according to the pattern initially followed in Notre Dame in Paris, which gave it an air of monumental character. | |
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The head of the building, which is the most complicated part of it because it has to support the counteraction of the structure, already consisted of fifteen chapels in 1238. Yet the death of Ximénez de Rada in 1248 caused a long delay in the work. By the end of the 13th century the church was still not finished and therefore the end of it is dated in the 14th century. Although Toledo is a foreign model, as far as the ground plan is concerned, the solutions adopted in the elevation of the walls and the proportions have nothing to do with it. It can be pointed out the use of arches with many lobes in the area of the clerestory of the ambulatory, which reminds us of the Moslem culture. |
| The cathedral of Toledo is the most ambitious enterprise of monumental character in the 13th century in the peninsula, and it also constitutes an irrefutable testimony of the will to adapt a foreign model to a local tradition (the unconcern to achieve a slender structure is complete, according to the French model) since it is not a round building. The general project of the building is attributed to Master Martin, who built the ambulatory with the radial chapels in the first twelve years of the construction of the cathedral. The next fifty years, a Master called Petrus Petri , who was probably French, was in charge of the construction and he built up the transept and part of the five naves. | |
| MOSQUE OF THE CHRIST OF THE LIGHT: | |
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from the year AD 999, and maintained intact since the Muslim control.
This Mosque is covered by four caliphal domes with Visigothic capitols.
Its interior decoration is made up inter crosses arches and a calligraphic
strip. On the 25th of May of 1085, the first mass took place with the
conquest of the city. Previous to that, the Christians had walled in a
Christ so that it would not be profaned by the Muslims. Centuries later,
it was discovered after the horse of King Alphons II knelt, that it was
in the company of the El Cid, Champion of the Reconquest. The legend continues with the story that the lantern with which the Christ had been walled in continued to light 369 years after the incident, and therefore its name. |
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| THE SYNAGOGUE OF THE TRANSIT: | |
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was built in 1357 by the rich Jewish Samuel ha Levi, treasurer of Pedro
I of Castile who would be killed three years later by order of the king,
and it passed at the Church disposal in 1360. Since 1494, it was in the hands of the Order of Calatrava. It is still noticeable that the tombs of some of their gentlemen can be seen on the floor. The aristocracy and the most remarkable families in the Hebrew community used to go to this synagogue. It is considered one of the most splendid samples in the Mudejar art. Like the pagan temples of the antiquity, it has a rectangular form with a single nave, which is considered an astonishing marvel because of its decoration of plaster-works and adornments in the coffered ceiling It was also called "hagios topos" (It means `sacred place´ in Greek). The term "topos" (place) makes a special reference to the places where God appeared, throughout History, to the people of Israel. In this way it indicated that the synagogue is a place for prayer and meeting God. The most common representations are: |
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- The menorah: the candle of 7 arms. |
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E X C U R S I O N T O T H E G N O S T I C M O N A S T E R Y S.A.W. (
Excursion after the congress only for members of the I.G.A. )
Once the congreso has finished, we intend to organize an excursion (for all the members of the I.G.A. who want to enroll) to the Gnostic Monastery of Spain, placed near the sacred mountain of Monserrat of Barcelona. Details of the excursion : - On the 16th we would go on an trip to the Basilica of Montserrat to visit the temples and know the surroundings of the sacred mountain. Journey by bus: We consider that this is to great opportunity for all the students of Gnosis to visit the mountain of Montserrat, where the chalice that contains the Blood of the Redeemer of the World is in jinas state and to know that place that was so many times mentioned by the Venerable Master Samael Aun Weor and the Venerable Master Litelantes, as well as to visit the Gnostic Monastery of Spain in our brother's company Osiris Gómez Garro. To reserve the hotel, or any questions, you can contact us by e-mail: madrid2005@igacongresos.org |
