It is now owned and preserved by the Catholic Church. Its stylistic and cultural classification is unique as it was constructed under the Christian Kingdom of Castile by Islamic architects for Jewish use. It is considered a symbol of the cooperation that existed among the three cultures that populated the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. The synagogue is a Mud. But it can also be considered one of the finest example of Almohad architecture because of its construction elements and style. The plain white interior walls as well as the use of brick and of pillars instead of columns are characteristics of Almohad architecture. Though it does not have a women's gallery today, it did at one time have a women's gallery according to an early 2. It took then the name of Santa Mar. Other well- preserved, pre- expulsion synagogues can be found in H. The floor plan of the synagogue is an irregular quadrilateral divided into five aisles, with the central nave aisle slightly larger than the remaining four. ![]() ![]() Visite http:// This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. La antigua Sinagoga de Santa Mar. The space runs between 2. The interior features a series of arcades supported on a network of twenty- four octagonal piers and eight engaged piers. These octagonal supports line the central aisle of the synagogue and support the large arcade of horseshoe arches above. The arches rest on intricately detailed capitals with finely carved pinecones and other vegetal imagery. These capitals are Mud. This was the location of the Torah Ark. In many synagogues found throughout the Jewish Diaspora and what is now Israel, the clam shell is a marker for the place where the ark should be placed. Evidence from Catholic altarpieces depicts the ark as a tall movable structure which would fit nicely in this particular niche. Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Naves en Jerez de La Frontera (C Casas Mediterraneas Costa Blanca S.L. La Fustera E03720 Benissa / Alicante (Spain) Tel.: 0034 - 96 583 46 73 Tel.: 0034 - 96 583 92 49 Fax: 0034 - 96 583 91 01 Email: [email protected] CMC. It is torpedo shaped, much like a traditional Sephardic Torah scroll Case. The building is surrounded by a courtyard. This courtyard served as a place for the people to congregate before and after prayer services and also held the different communal institutions. The Rabbi's residence, a ritual bath, a study hall, and the other things which communities invest in were all built in this courtyard to give the Jewish community a central place to take care of their spiritual needs. Evidence points toward a construction date sometime in the late twelfth century or early thirteenth century. One commonly accepted opinion is that the temple was erected sometime around 1. Another theory arises from a wooden tablet found in the area that describes a new structure saying, . This date is not irrational as the structure's style is closer to that of Moroccan monuments of the twelfth century such as Tinmal (1. Kuturbiyya (1. 15. ![]() EBE modelo 3 GRIS El arquetipo de extraterrestre m. EBE modelo 2 REPTILIANO Reptiles humanoides, la base de las teor Una nave espacial, astronave o cosmonave . Las naves espaciales pueden ser rob. Whether the synagogue's layout might have been lifted from a preexisting mosque located on the same site is still unclear and purely hypothetical. Joseph was the son of a finance minister to King Alfonso VIII of Castile who, upon his death in 1. ![]() Some theories suggest Joseph rebuilt the temple after an uprising against Jews in Toledo. This reasoning may be the cause for the building's irregular floor plan and again points to a late- twelfth century construction. Other historians, such as L. Torres Balbas, note similarities between the plaster work in the aisles of Santa Maria la Blanca and the convent Las Huelgas de Burgos of a later date around 1. However, the scale and proportion of the ornament, the nature of the ornamentation, the blank canvas against which the ornament is placed, as well as the way in which light is used in the space all correspond to structures contemporary with the earlier construction date. History After Synagogue Life. The building was eventually declared a national memorial site and restored in 1. The building was, at first used for prayer services, many believe, by recent converts from Judaism to Catholicism. In 1. 55. 0 the building and its courtyard became the property of an order of monks who sought to purify the building of its Jewish past. They named the building Santa Maria La Blanca, meaning St. Mary the White, in an effort to drive out the perceived . Eventually, the monastery abandoned the building, perhaps because the northern wall fell down and that was seen as a bad omen. The building was then used as a warehouse and armory for a company which manufactures bullfight swords to this day. In 2. 01. 3, a request was made to the Catholic Church for the return of the building to the Jewish community. Convivencia: Jews, Muslims, and Christians in medieval Spain (New York : G. Braziller in association with the Jewish Museum, 1. Czekelius, D. 1. 93. Krinsky, Carol Herselle, Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning (Cambridge; MIT Press 1. ISBN 0- 2. 62- 1. Markman, Sidney David, Jewish Remnants in Spain: Wanderings in a Lost World (Mesa, Arizona; Scribe Publishers 2. The Golden Age: Synagogues of Spain in History and Architecture (book)^Krinsky, Carol Herselle, Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning (Cambridge; MIT Press 1. ISBN 0- 2. 62- 1. Krinsky, Carol Herselle, Synagogues of Europe: Architecture, History, Meaning (Cambridge; MIT Press 1. ISBN 0- 2. 62- 1. Coordinates: 3. 9.
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