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General view of the gate, internal side. The Puerta del Cambrón is a gate located in the west sector of the Spanish city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha.Also called previously "Gate of the Jews" [1] or "Gate of Saint Leocadia", has been speculated The possibility that the name of the gate, del Cambrón, had its origin in the growth of a thorn bush or plant at the top of the ruins of one of ...
Street in the Jewish quarter of Toledo Samuel ha-Levi street. The Jewish quarter of Toledo is a district of the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It was the neighborhood in which the Jews lived in the Middle Ages, although they were not obliged to live within it. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Jewish community of Toledo became ...
The Puerta de Bisagra Nueva ("The New Bisagra Gate") is the best known city gate of Toledo, Spain. The gate is of Moorish origin, but the main part was built in 1559 by Alonso de Covarrubias. [1] It carries the coat of arms of the emperor Charles V. It superseded the Puerta Bisagra Antigua as the main entrance to the city.
After the Battle of Uclés, at which the Infante Sancho, together with 30,000 men were killed, an anti-Jewish riot broke out in Toledo; many Jews were slain, and their houses and synagogues were burned (1108). Alfonso intended to punish the murderers and incendiaries, but died in June 1109 before he could carry out his intention.
The Siege of Toledo (Arabic: سقوط طليطلة, romanized: Suqūṭ Ṭulayṭilah, lit. 'Fall of Ṭulayṭilah') was the Castilian siege and eventual conquest of Toledo , the capital of the Taifa of Toledo , by Alfonso VI of León and Castile in Muharram 478 / May 1085.
According to Jewish belief, Jerusalem, being situated on the highest place on the planet, serves as an in-between for heaven and Earth, and is, by consequence, the place closest to heaven. In the synagogue, there is a stucco carving within the clerestory , as well as towards the bottom of the wall a representation of Jerusalem. [ 19 ]
Puerta del Sol is a city gate of Toledo, Spain, built in the late 14th century by the Knights Hospitaller. The medallion above the arch of the gate depicts the ordination of the Visigothic Ildephonsus, Toledo's patron saint. The name of the gate comes from the Sun and the Moon that were once painted on either side of this medallion.
Puerta de Alarcones. The Alarcones Gate (Spanish: Puerta de Alarcones) is a city gate located in the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain.It is also known by the name of Puerta de Moaguía, as cited in Mozarabic documents of 1216; and Puerta Alta de la Herrería, because it is located at the end of the street where workshops dedicated to ironworks were located.