The mess of beautiful and narrow streets that the Jewish Quarter draws, carries the walker to the Jewish Toledo from the Middle Ages… Jews always felt at home in Toledo. They lived mainly in the Jewish quarter, but they were not obliged to do so; They could also reside in other neighborhoods of the city.
In the 12th century, more than 12,000 Jews lived in Toledo, who were intermediaries between Moors and Christians, during Muslim domination. They professed their faith and enriched intellectual and artistic life, to which two temples from the Middle Ages preserved as museums still bear witness today: the Ibn Shushan synagogue and later church of Santa María la Blanca, and the Tránsito Synagogue, where the beautiful Sephardic Museum is located, which tells the interesting history of Spanish Jewry.
Walking through the winding streets of Toledo is like taking an involuntary leap into the past. The busiest street in the Jewish quarter is Samuel ha-Leví, which leads to the Sephardic Museum and the El Greco Museum (the famous Cretan painter lived in the Jewish quarter). The Jewish community of Toledo became the most populous and richest in the Kingdom of Castile in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Jewish Toledo Route
- Gate of El Cambron
- Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes
- Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca
- Victorio Macho Museum
- Synagogue of El Transito - Sephardi Museum
- Museum of El Greco
- Church of Santo Tome - The Burial of Lord of Orgaz
- Viewpoint of Virgen de Gracia
- Bridge of San Martin
See: The Jews in Toledo