Synagogue of Santa María la Blanca

Mudéjar synagogue of Toledo, Spain (c. 1180), a forest of horseshoe columns built by Jewish craftsmen under Christian rule.

Core Features

• Rows of horseshoe-arched columns on capitals carved with pine-cone and geometric stuccowork.
• One of three surviving medieval Spanish synagogues built in the Moorish manner.
• Converted to a church in 1405–1411 and renamed Saint Mary the White.

Architectural Connections

• Islamic: Mudéjar craft under Castile.
• Religious: synagogue turned church and museum.
• Medieval: convivencia-era Toledo.

Related Elements & Sites

Column (element), Arch (element), Stucco (material)