Colegio De Nuestra Señora De Los Infantes, Toledo
The Colegio de Nuestra Señora de los Infantes (College of Our Lady of the Infants) is a school in the city of Toledo, Spain, Toledo (Castile-La Mancha, Spain). It was founded in the 16th century by Juan Martínez Silíceo, Archbishop of Toledo and later a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal, and was intended to provide a specialist musical education for the cathedral's young singers. The original building is protected by the heritage listing Bien de Interés Cultural, ''Bien de Interes Cultural'', but the school relocated in the 1980s. Educational aims On July 22, 1552, Archbishop Silíceo founded the College of Our Lady of the Infants, whose purpose would be the integral formation of some children called “cleriçones” who sang and helped in the services of Toledo Cathedral#Music of the cathedral, Cathedral of Toledo. There are previous news dating back to the 12th century of the services of some children in the Cathedral. On May 9, 1557 the same Cardinal Archbishop sign ...
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