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Mezquita de Tornerias.

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Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Mezquita de Tornerias.
Phone:
+34 925 25 32 54

Address:
Plaza Solarejo 7, 45001 Toledo, Spain

The Mezquita de las Tornerías is a Moorish former mosque in Toledo . It was built in the middle of the 11th century, built on a foundations of Roman architecture, located in the old Muslim neighborhood Arrabal de Francos. Currently it houses the Center Foundation of Promotion of the Crafts, that can be visited and attend temporary exhibitions. The building continued maintaining the Islam in Spain, even well beyond the reconquista of the city by the Christian troops of Alfonso VI of León and Castile in 1085, until the period of 1498 - 1505 when was desacralizated by the Catholic Monarchs. Already as a building for civil use, it goes through various vicissitudes, first as an inn in 1505 and then as the headquarters of different businesses and small factories or as a simple home. Its history is lost until the late 19th century, where historians investigate its origins didn't know if it was a synagogue or a mosque. After the studies, the 15 March of 1905 was officially communicated to the Real Academia de la Historia the finding of an Arab mosque in the street of the Tornerías.
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