Almost in the center of the Jewish quarter of Toledo is a small, simple and inconspicuous at first glance, the Church of San Tome. Like many others, this Church was rebuilt from the mosque after the liberation of Toledo from the Arab conquerors by king Alfonso VII. Built in the mudéjar Church of San Tome is notable for its original brick-lined bell tower, preserving appearance of Muslim minaret.

The Church has three naves, transept intersecting. Beautiful Church made altars in Baroque and plateresque. The main attraction of this Church to see here come the tourists and art lovers from around the world, is housed in a chapel in the great picture of "the count of Orgaz's tomb", written by prominent artist El Greco. This masterpiece of world art is one of the main works of the artist.

The canvas was painted in 1576 specifically for the Church of San Tome and has never been removed from it. The plot for the film was the legend of the burial of don Gonzalo Ruiz de Toledo, count orgasa, saints Stephen and Augustine. The painting is notable for the fact that the painter is in most of her characters depicted his contemporaries. In the image of the knight in the left part of the canvas depicts the artist himself, and drawn near a small page we learn his ten-year-old son Jorge Manuel, from the pocket of which peeped out of the handkerchief with written on it the date of birth of the boy. On the other side of the picture in the profile depicted a famous architect of that time Alonso Covarrubias.