Samuel Halevi Abulafia Private Synagogue (Nuestra Señora del Tránsito) in Toledo
Object Detail
Building Date
1356-1366
Synagogue active dates
until 1492
Reconstruction Dates
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Stone
Summary and Remarks
The building was convertedg into a church dedicated to Saint Benedict. In the 17th century the church's name changed to Nuestra Señora del Transito.
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Museum
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Well-preserved synagogue from before the Expultion of 1492.
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
Samuel Halevi Abulafia
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Urban significance
Significance Rating
4 (International)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
Assis, Yom-Tov, "Synagogues in Medieval Spain", Jewish Art 18 (1992): 7-29, p. 12.
Ben Dov, Meir. Batei kneset bi-sefarad (Jerusalem, 1989)
Burgos, Francisco Cantera. Sinagogas españolas (Madrid: Arias Montano, 1955), pp. 65–149.
Goldman, Esther W. “Samuel Halevi Abulafia’s Synagogue (El Tránsito) in Toledo.” Jewish Art 18 (1992): 58–69.
Markman, Sydney David. Jewish Remnants in Spain: Wanderings in a Lost World (Meza, Arizona, 2003), pp. 65-72.
Narkiss, Bezalel, "The Heikhal, Bimah, and Teivah in Sephardi Synagogues," Jewish Art 18 (1992), pp. 30-47.
Plaza, Santiago Palomera, Ana María López Alvarez, and Yasmina Alvarez Delgado. “Excavations around the Samuel Halevi Synagogue (Del Tránsito) in Toledo.” Jewish Art 18 (1992): 49–57.
Wischnitzer, Rachel. The Architecture of the European Synagogue (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1964), pp. 30-35.
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Vladimir Levin
Photographer
Photograph Date
2016
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 39.855560, -4.029611