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  • Archbishop Jiménez de Rada; the Franciscan Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, built in 1476 by Ferdinand and Isabella, to which is attached a church and cloister in ornate Ogival style, and which has recently been richly decorated; the church of the ancient hospital of

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • Doña Teresa Enriques (built between 1509 and 1518), an interesting example of the florid Ogival style and the Gothic Plateresque of the transition period; the parochial church of Tembleque, also of the early sixteenth century, an example of the transition period from the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • Many important religious buildings are also to be found in various parts of the diocese, among which may be mentioned: the ancient collegiate church (at present a parish church of Talavera de la Reina), a three-naved Ogival building started by Archbishop Jiménez de Rada in

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • Built in Roman style by King Olaf Kyrre (d. 1093), the dome had been enlarged by Archbishop Eystein in Ogival style.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

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