Synagogue of Samuel ha-Levi

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The Synagogue of Samuel ha-Levi is a 14th-century Mudéjar-style former synagogue in Toledo, Spain, renowned for its richly decorated interior and later conversion into a church and museum.

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Synagogue of Samuel ha-Levi canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mudéjar-style building ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
museum ⓘ
synagogue ⓘ
alsoKnownAs El Tránsito Synagogue ⓘ
Synagogue of El Tránsito ⓘ
approximateCompletionYear 1357 ⓘ
architecturalStyle Mudéjar ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf Peter of Castile ⓘ
cityQuarter Jewish quarter of Toledo ⓘ
completionCentury 14th century ⓘ
constructionStartCentury 14th century ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
culturalContext Mudéjar ⓘ
Sephardic Jewish ⓘ
currentUse museum ⓘ
dedicatedAsChurchTo Saint Mary ⓘ
founder Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia ⓘ
founderOccupation treasurer to King Peter of Castile ⓘ
hasFeature Torah ark niche ⓘ
women's gallery ⓘ
heritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry Spain ⓘ
heritageDesignationType monument ⓘ
houses Sephardic Museum of Toledo ⓘ
interiorDecorationStyle Nasrid-inspired stucco ⓘ
laterFunction church ⓘ
museum ⓘ
locatedIn Castile-La Mancha ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
plaster ⓘ
museumType Jewish museum ⓘ
namedAfter Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia ⓘ
notableFor Arabic inscriptions ⓘ
Hebrew inscriptions ⓘ
richly decorated interior ⓘ
stucco decoration ⓘ
wooden artesonado ceiling ⓘ
originalFunction Jewish house of worship ⓘ
patron Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia ⓘ
religiousAffiliationLater Roman Catholicism ⓘ
religiousAffiliationOriginal Judaism ⓘ
roofType timber roof ⓘ
significance important example of medieval synagogue architecture in Spain ⓘ
wallDecoration epigraphic bands ⓘ
geometric motifs ⓘ

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Synagogue of El Tránsito → alsoKnownAs → Synagogue of Samuel ha-Levi ⓘ