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The Sinagoga del Tránsito is the most magnificent synagogue surviving in Spain, built around 1356 by Samuel ha-Levi, the powerful Jewish treasurer of King Pedro the First of Castile. Though plain outside, its single great prayer hall is astonishing: the upper walls are covered in the most exquisite carved stucco, a lace of interlacing geometric and floral patterns in the Mudéjar style, woven together with Hebrew inscriptions and the arms of Castile, beneath a superb coffered wooden ceiling of cedar. It is a dazzling testimony to the wealth and sophistication of Toledo's medieval Jewish community, one of the most important in Spain. After the expulsion of the Jews in 1492 the building became a church, which preserved it. Today it houses the Sephardic Museum, telling the story of Jewish life in Spain, making it both a monument and a place of memory.
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- 1356 year — The synagogue was built by Samuel ha-Levi, treasurer to King Pedro I
- 1 museum — It now houses Spain's national museum of Sephardic Jewish culture
- 1492 year — After the expulsion of the Jews it became a church, which preserved it
📍 Calle de Samuel Levi, 45002, Toledo