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Obj. ID: 24918
Jewish Architecture  Market Synagogue in Seville, Spain

© Anual (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons, Photographer: Unknown, 2008
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Name/Title
Market Synagogue in Seville | Unknown
Object Detail
Monument Setting
Unknown
Date
13th century
Active dates
until 1391
Reconstruction dates
late seveteenth and early eighteenth centuries
Artist/ Maker
Unknown
Historical Origin
Unknown
Community type
Congregation
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Location
Spain | Andalucía (Andalusia) Community | Seville Province
| Calle Sta. María la Blanca, 5
Site
Unknown
School/Style
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Period
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Languages of inscription
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Shape / Form
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Material Stucture
Material Decoration
Material Bonding
Material Inscription
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Material Cloth
Material Lining
Tesserae Arrangement
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Colors
Construction material
Stone
Measurements
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Weight
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Panel Measurements
Condition
Extant
Documented by CJA
Surveyed by CJA
Present Usage
Church
Present Usage Details
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Architectural Significance type
Historical significance: Event/Period
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
2 (Regional)
0
Ornamentation
Custom
Contents
Codicology
Scribes
Script
Number of Lines
Ruling
Pricking
Quires
Catchwords
Hebrew Numeration
Blank Leaves
Direction/Location
Façade (main)
Endivances
Location of Torah Ark
Location of Apse
Location of Niche
Location of Reader's Desk
Location of Platform
Temp: Architecture Axis
Arrangement of Seats
Location of Women's Section
Direction Prayer
Direction Toward Jerusalem
Coin
Coin Series
Coin Ruler
Coin Year
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Colophon
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Group
Group
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Group
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Binding
Decoration Program
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance

The building was built as a mosque and served as a mosque from the 11th century until the Christian reconquest of the city in 1248.

The building was repurposed as a synagogue. After the massacre and the conversion of Jews in 1391, the synagogue was converted into a church Santa María la Blanca.

The building was partly rebuilt in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. 

In 2023-2024, during the restoration works, the main altarpiece (constructed in 1657-1660) was removed and the remnants of the Torah ark were revealed. The Torah ark will be concealed after the completion of the restoration.

Main Surveys & Excavations
Sources

"Spain: Remains of the medieval synagogue discovered during restoration of the main altarpiece in the Santa Maria la Blanca church in Seville,"
Jewish Heritage Europe, https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2024/05/14/spain-seville/.

Meir Ben Dov, Batei kneset besfarad (Jerusalem, 1989).

Sydney David Markman, Jewish Remnants in Spain. Wanderings in a Lost World (Meza, Arizona, 2003), 128-132.
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The following information on this monument will be completed:
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