Even Shoshan (New) Synagogue (Santa María la Blanca) in Toledo
Object Detail
Building Date
1180 (inscription), reconstructed around 1260
Synagogue active dates
until 1411
Reconstruction Dates
restored 1856
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Location
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
Summary and Remarks
The synagogue was converted into a church of Santa María la Blanca in early 15th century.
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
The oldest preserved Sephardi synagogue.
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
4 (International)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
Ben Dov, Meir. Batei kneset bi-sefarad (Jerusalem, 1989), pp. 89-98 with ills.
Burgos, Francisco Cantera. Sinagogas españolas (Madrid: Arias Montano, 1955), pp. 42-45, 56-64.
Markman, Sydney David. Jewish Remnants in Spain: Wanderings in a Lost World (Meza, Arizona, 2003), pp. 61-65.
Narkiss, Bezalel, "The Heikhal, Bimah, and Teivah in Sephardi Synagogues," Jewish Art 18 (1992), pp. 30-47.
Wischnitzer, Rachel. The Architecture of the European Synagogue (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1964), pp. 19-25 with ills..
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Vladimir Levin
Photographer
Photograph Date
2016
Remarks
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