Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca

Santa María la Blanca (literally Saint Mary the White , originally known as the Ibn Shushan Synagogue , or commonly "The Congregational Synagogue of Toledo'") is museum and former synagogue in Toledo, Spain . Erected in 1180, it is disputably considered the oldest synagogue building in Europe which is still standing. It is now owned and preserved by the Catholic Church. Its stylistic and cultural classification is unique as it was constructed under the Christian Kingdom of Castile , by Islamic architects for Jewish use. It is considered a symbol of the cooperation which existed among the three cultures which populated the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages . According to an inscription on a beam.

Santa María la Blanca, Collotype 1889 Santa María la Blanca (literally Saint Mary the White , originally known as the Ibn Shushan Synagogue , or commonly "The Congregational Synagogue of Toledo'") is a museum and former synagogue in Toledo, Spain . Erected in 1180, it is disputably considered the oldest synagogue building in Europe still standing. It is now owned and preserved by the Catholic Church. Its stylistic and cultural classification is unique as it was constructed under the Christian Kingdom of Castile by Islamic architects for Jewish use. It is considered a symbol of the cooperation that existed among the three cultures that populated the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages . According to an inscription on a beam.

Santa María la Blanca, Collotype 1889 The Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca (literally Synagogue of Saint Mary the White , originally known as the Ibn Shushan Synagogue , or commonly the Congregational Synagogue of Toledo ) is a museum and former synagogue in Toledo, Spain . Erected in 1180, according to an inscription on a beam, it is disputably considered the oldest synagogue building in Europe still standing. It is now owned and preserved by the Catholic Church. Its stylistic and cultural classification is unique among surviving buildings as it was constructed under the Christian Kingdom of Castile by Islamic architects for Jewish use. It is considered a symbol of the cooperation that existed among the three cultures that populated the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages .

Museum and former synagogue in Toledo, Spain The Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca ( ) or Ibn Shoshan Synagogue is a museum and former synagogue in Toledo, Spain . Erected in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century, it is disputably considered the oldest synagogue building in Europe still standing. The building was converted to a Catholic church in the early 15th century. The synagogue is located in the former Jewish quarter of the city, between the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes and the Synagogue of El Transito . It is one of three preserved synagogues constructed by Jews in a Mudéjar or Moorish style under the rule of the Christian Kingdom of Castile . The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture .