The Jewish presence in Toledo was so numerous, and so prolonged over time, that the city had different cemeteries in which the Hebrews buried their dead. The Jewish cemetery of Cerro de la Horca was in use in the 12th century. In it, the remains of 107 tombs were found that were discovered by chance, when an attempt was made to expand the Azarquiel Secondary Education Institute, about two km north of the Jewish quarter. This Hebrew necropolis was located outside the city walls. That entire area was once an area where different religions, Christians, Muslims and Jews, buried their dead.

Toledo was, during much of the Middle Ages, a good example of coexistence between Christians, Muslims and Jews. The Park of the Three Cultures of Toledo, located to the north, and which undoubtedly hides a large number of tombs, refers to this coexistence between these three communities.

At the site there is an inscription in Hebrew and Spanish that reads:

Have compassion on all the souls of the people buried here, the Supreme King with his infinite mercy protect them and they remain attached to eternal life, rest in peace, and we will say amen

The tombs, due to their depth of 2.5 or 3 meters, have been preserved intact and are characterized by having a half-barrel brick vault that covers them.

The Hebrew cemetery was still partially preserved in 1576. But little by little the tombstones were removed and reused in the construction of buildings. Some are still embedded in the walls of the houses or in the lintels of the doors. The Sephardic Museum of Toledo also preserves some of these tombstones.