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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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 historic Jewish quarter of Toledo
surface form: 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 Synagogue of El Tránsito
surface form: 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