The Sinagoga museo Santa Maria la Blanca of Toledo !!

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I bring you back to another of my favorite cities of my dear Spain. And many times visited with family nearby over the years, and of course, never enough written on it, I do have several posts on the city of Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castilla La Mancha ,and in the kingdom of Spain. I have found me an older picture and no post on this wonderful monument of Toledo. Toledo is about 71 km (about 44 miles) from Madrid. Therefore, here is my take on another off the beaten paths of wonderful museums ,such as the Sinagoga Museo Santa Maria la Blanca of Toledo !! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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The Sinagoga Museo Santa Maria la Blanca is located at Calle de los Reyes Católicos, 4, The district orbits around the Synagogue museum Santa María la Blanca. It is difficult to find with certainty the topography of the old Jewish quarter. First of all, only very few writings or testimonies have been found to date. In addition, the Jewish community left the city after the violent pogrom of 1391, and again in 1492. The Jewish quarter fell completely into ruins until the second half of the 19C, where important reconstruction work took place. The rediscovery and rehabilitation of this district dates back to the 20C. However, the researchers have retraced with certainty the existence of several sub-districts: Arriasa, Sofer, Hamanzeit, Mármol (marble), and Degolladero (the slaughterhouse).

The Synagogue museum Santa María la Blanca (St Mary the White)  was a Jewish place of worship ,then Catholic, and today a museum, located in Toledo. It was transformed into a church after the pogroms of the 14C. For more than a century, the local Jews came to this synagogue to pray and study the Talmud, but this period ended during the attack on the Jewish in 1355 and the massacres of 1391. It was transformed into church in 1405 after what centuries later we would have called a pogrom perhaps led by Saint Vincent Ferrier, The synagogue-museum is still property of the Catholic Church,  

The synagogue museum Santa María la Blanca was built in 1180 as evidenced by a date in Hebrew on one of the beams. Toledo was already reconquered by the Christian princes since 1085. The Jewish community of Toledo obtained the exceptional authorization of king Alfonso X to rebuild what would be “the greatest and most beautiful” Synagogue in Spain, It is a superb example of a mudejar style that looks more like a mosque than a synagogue, especially by the absence of a gallery for women. Also typically Mudejar are, the use of white and smooth walls made of bricks covered with cement and lime, the geometric decoration of the friezes, and vegetal style of the capitals.  The synagogue museum is 26 to 28 meters in length by 19 to 23 of width, divided into five parallel naves separated by a grove of 32 octagonal columns, cause an illusory feeling of its size.

 The Castilla La Mancha regional tourist office on the Sinagoga Santa Maria la Blanca : https://en.www.turismocastillalamancha.es/patrimonio/sinagoga-de-santa-maria-la-blanca-5164/descripcion/

The Cultural heritage site of the Castilla La Mancha regional tourist office on the Sinagoga Museo Santa Maria La Blanca: https://cultura.castillalamancha.es/patrimonio/catalogo-patrimonio-cultural/sinagoga-de-santa-maria-la-blanca

The Toledo tourist office on the Sinagoga Museo Santa Maria la Blanca: https://turismo.toledo.es/recursos/museos-y-monumentos/id606-sinagoga-de-santa-maria-la-blanca.html

There you go folks, something unique in lovely Toledo, worth the detour , me think. The museum is a wonderful historical ,architecturally stunning building, that are to be admired and visited. Again,hope you have enjoy this post on the Sinagoga Museo Santa Maria La Blanca of Toledo as I.

And remember, happy travel, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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