Synagogue of El Tránsito

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cultural heritage monument historic building museum synagogue

The Synagogue of El Tránsito is a 14th-century Jewish synagogue in Toledo, Spain, renowned for its richly decorated Mudéjar interior and later conversion into a church and museum.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Sephardic Museum 1
Sinagoga del Tránsito 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage monument ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
museum ⓘ
synagogue ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Synagogue of El Tránsito ⓘ
surface form: Sinagoga del Tránsito

Synagogue of Samuel ha-Levi ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
Mudéjar ⓘ
city Toledo ⓘ
completion circa 1360 ⓘ
constructionStart 1350s ⓘ
convertedInto church ⓘ
museum ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
currentUse museum ⓘ
dedicatedTo Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia ⓘ
denomination Sephardi Jews ⓘ
surface form: Sephardic Judaism
foundedBy Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia ⓘ
hasFeature Torah ark niche ⓘ
large prayer hall ⓘ
women's gallery ⓘ
wooden artesonado ceiling ⓘ
hasInteriorDecoration Arabic inscriptions ⓘ
Hebrew inscriptions ⓘ
floral motifs ⓘ
geometric motifs ⓘ
heraldic shields ⓘ
stucco decoration ⓘ
heritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural ⓘ
Monument ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1877 ⓘ
houses Synagogue of El Tránsito self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sephardic Museum
inception 14th century ⓘ
laterUse church ⓘ
museum ⓘ
locatedIn Castile-La Mancha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
managedBy Spanish Ministry of Culture ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
stucco ⓘ
wood ⓘ
namedAfter Our Lady of the Transit ⓘ
near Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes ⓘ
ownedBy Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Spanish state
partOf historic Jewish quarter of Toledo ⓘ
surface form: historic centre of Toledo
patron Samuel ha-Levi Abulafia ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
religiousUse synagogue ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Synagogue of El Tránsito → alsoKnownAs → Synagogue of El Tránsito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sinagoga del Tránsito
City of the Three Cultures → associatedWithStructure → Synagogue of El Tránsito ⓘ
Toledo → hasLandmark → Synagogue of El Tránsito ⓘ
Synagogue of El Tránsito → houses → Synagogue of El Tránsito self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sephardic Museum