The Museum of the Councils It is located in the church of San Román, a 13th century construction considered a good example of the first Toledan Mudejar. The church is structured on a basilica plan with three naves separated by horseshoe arches that are attached to columns with capitals reused from the Visigoth era. Inside you can admire 13th century frescoes with flat colors, made with a clear religious educational intention.
Scenes appear such as the resurrection of the dead, original sin, paradise, the evangelists and saints of the Mozarabic tradition and the new Christians, being a reflection of the two societies that lived in Toledo in the 13th century. The paintings are accompanied by cartouches and inscriptions in Latin and Arabic, the language most used by the Mozarabs or Old Christians. During the 16th century it was reformed. the main chapel under orders of Alonso de Covarrubias.
Since 1968, the Church of San Román has been the Museum of Councils and Visigoth Culture, where hundreds of pieces from the late Roman and Visigoth era found in different points of the province. The exhibition includes very faithful copies of the votive crowns of Suintilia and Recesvinto found in Guarrazar. Although Toledo was “Urbis Regia”, that is, the capital of the Visigoth Kingdom, there is no standing building that serves as a witness to that past. Therefore, The Museum of the Councils is a good place to learn more about Visigoth culture and its influence.
From Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.