Bouday of the Judería, the old Jewish Quarter of Toledo |
Toledo Judería - Chai (Hebrew: חַי "living"), symbol originated in medieval Spain |
In Toledo, the "City of Three Cultures", Christians, Jews an Muslims lived together until the Expulsion of the Jews in 1492 |
Calle Caños de Oro - Street of Pipes of Gold, Toledo |
Calle del Ángel, Toledo |
Mujédar Gate, Travesia Arquillo, Toldeo |
Antiquités Ey Objets D' Art, Calle de los Reyes Católicos, Toledo |
Centro de Estudios Superiores Juan Pablo II, Calle de los Reyes Católicos, Toledo |
Antiquités Ey Objets D' Art, Calle de los Reyes Católicos, Toledo |
Escuela de Arte Toledo, Calle de los Reyes Católicos |
Escuela de Arte Toledo, Calle de los Reyes Católicos |
Garden of the Toledo School of Art |
Mesón Reyes Católicos, Toledo |
Spanish tiles - San Francisco - Impresion de las Llagas, Toledo |
Claustro de San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo |
Talleres y Exposición de Joyas de Arte Toledano |
Calle de los Reyes Católicos, Toledo |
Sinagoga de Santa María La Blanca, Calle de los Reyes Católicos, Toledo |
Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca, 12th C (Moorish period) |
Entrance to the 13th C. Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca |
Originally called Ibn Shushan Synagogue, the Moorish building was built in 1280 |
Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, Toledo |
The Toledo Congreational Synagogue in considered one of the finest example of Almohad architecture |
The Toledo Congreational Synagogue is divided into 5 aisles by mujédar horseshoe arches |
Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, Toledo |
Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca is considered to be the oldest standing synagogue in Europe |
The Synagogue was constructed under the Christian Kingdom of Castile by Islamic architects for Jewish use |
The synagogue was turned into a church in 1405 or 1411 as St. Mary the White |
Hypostyle Hall, Congrational Synagogue of Toledo |
The Jewish community of Toledo has been trying to reclaim ownership from the Catholic Church since 2013 |
Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, Toledo |
Central dome over the position of the ark, Toledo Congreational Synagogue |
Central dome over the position of the ark, Toledo Congreational Synagogue |
Remnants of medieval frescoes on peeling plaster over the brick, Santa Maria la Blanca |
Hyposyle Hall forming 5 aisles in an irregular rectangle, Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca, Toledo |
Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, Toledo |
Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, Toledo |
Intricate mujédar column capital, Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca, Toledo |
Part of a monastery until 1550, the synagogue became an armory then a warehouse |
The Synagogue was restored in 1929 and is now the 3rd most visited monument in Toledo |
Barrier blocking the view of the Christian altar, Santa Maria la Blanca |
Baroque addition to the decoration of the Church of Santa Maria la Blanca, the old synagogue |
Alabaster windows in the form of mujédar horseshoe arches, Santa Maria la Blanca |
Exhibition: El Amor gratuito a Israel un signo de los tiempos por el Sendero de la Mística |
Floorplan of the irregular rectable of the Synagogue, Toledo |
Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, Toledo |
Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, Toledo |
Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, Toledo |
Exterior of the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca, Toledo |
Tilework of Santa María la Blanca, Toledo |
Jewish Bookstore - La Tienda de Sefarad, Judería, Toledo |
Museo Sefardi - descendants of the Iberian Jewish expelled in 1492 are known as Sephardic Jews |
Museo Sefardí in the former Sinagoga del Tránsito, Calle Samuel Levi, Toledo |
Exhibition Shoah 1492-1945, Museo Safardí |
Entrance to the El Tránsito Synagogue and Museo Sefardí, Toledo |
Synagogue of El Tránsito, built in 1357 by Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia |
The Synagogue was part of the palace of the treasurer to King Peter of Castile, |
Map of the Sephardic Museum in the former Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo |
Mural "Shoah" - "Absolute Disgrace" 1492-1945 in memory of the Expulsion of the Jews and the Holocaust |
"Shoah" - "Absolute Disgrace" 1492-1945 in memory of the Expulsion of the Jews and the Holocaust |
Ark of the Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo |
Ark of the Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo |
After the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, it was given to the Order of Calatrava by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain |
Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo, with a massive Mudéjar artesonado ceiling |
Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo, with a massive Mudéjar artesonado ceiling |
Hebrew inscriptions praising the King of Castile and Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia |
Hebrew inscriptions praising the King of Castile and Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia |
Islamic influence visible on the window of the Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo |
Arch and coat-of-arms, Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo |
Wall decorations, Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo |
Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo |
Window, Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo |
Roof and upper windows, Synagogue of El Tránsito, Toledo |
Painting of the interior of the Synagogue del Tránsito, Jorge Herencia y Sánchez, 1870 |
Painting of the interior of the Synagogue del Tránsito, Toledo |
Model of the Judería of Toledo, Shephardic Museum |
Menorah, Shephardic Museum, Toledo |
Torah Scroll, Shephardic Museum, Toledo |
Scroll container, Shephardic Museum, Toledo |
Scroll container, Shephardic Museum, Toledo |
Embroidered scroll, Shephardic Museum, Toledo |
Hebrew texts and an inscription, Shephardic Museum, Toledo |
Hebrew text published in Spain - "cum Licentia Sereniffimi" |
Maps of Spain during the Reconquista in the 13th C. and 14-15th C. |
Relief of Toledo showing the Judería, the Jewish Quarter of Toledo in the 13th C. |
Simbología de las Letras Hebreas, Museo Sefardí |
Courtyard, Museo Sefardí, Toledo |
Boy and Menorah, Museo Sefardí, Toledo |
North African Jewelry of the Judeo-Berbers, 18th-20th C., Museo Sefardí, Toledo |
Arabic inscription with Hebrew, Museo Sefardí, Toledo |
Hebrew inscriptions, Museo Sefardí, Toledo |
Clothing of a Shepherdic Jewish woman, Museo Sefardí, Toledo |
Mujédar door and window, |
Souvenir plate of the Synagogue of Maria la Blanca with Arabic inscriptions |
Souvenir plate of the Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca |
Museo del Greco, Toledo |
Museo del Greco, Toledo |
Museo del Greco, Toledo |
Artesanias Pedro Maldonado, Calle San Juan de Dios, Toledo |
Souvenir Tiles, Jewish Quarter, Toledo |
Souvenir Tiles, Jewish Quarter, Toledo |
Souvenir Plate with Star of David, Jewish Quarter, Toledo |
Restaurante La Judería, Toledo |
Restaurante La Judería, Toledo |
Restaurante La Judería, Toledo |