Lovely set. On June 23, 2019 6:28:16 PM PDT, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: >I took a lot of pictures in Toledo. I’m posting these first because >it’s a manageable set. > >Before 1492, when the muslims and Jews were driven out, there were >hundreds of synagogues in Spain. Only three remain, and only as >museums; two are in Toledo. This is the Synagogue Santa Maria La >Blanca, by far the best preserved. > >It was designed by a Moorish architect and built about 1180, and after >the Jews were driven from Toledo around 1400 it served as a church, a >monastery (the monks gave the building its current name), and a >warehouse. The Catholic Church still owns it, but maintains it as a >museum and memorial. > >https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/organize/Spain-2019/Toledo-Synagogue > >Comments appreciated! > >Rick >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions.
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