Antika Sinagoga Mayor in Segovia
Object Detail
Building Date
Mid-14th century
Synagogue active dates
until 1410
Reconstruction Dates
1899
Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)
Style
Unknown|
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
First mentioned as a synagogue in 1373. Functioned as a synagogue until 1410. The synagogue was converted into a Church of Corpus Christi. The building was destroyed in a fire in 1899 and then restored completely.
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
Condition
Present Usage
Church
Present Usage Details
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)
Condition of Building Fabric
B (Fair)
Bibliography
Assis, Yom-Tov, "Synagogues in Medieval Spain", Jewish Art 18 (1992): 7-29
Ben Dov, Meir. Batei kneset bi-sefarad (Jerusalem, 1989)
Markman, Sydney David. Jewish Remnants in Spain: Wanderings in a Lost World (Meza, Arizona, 2003), pp. 49-53.
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Full Name
Volume
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Biography
Photograph Copyright
Gryffindor (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons
Photographer
Unknown
Photograph Date
2008
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 40.949390, -4.123690