Majami'ar Santa María la Blanca

Majami'ar Saint Mary the White (Sinagoga de Santa María la Blanca) a Toledo wata alama ce ta ban mamaki ga gadar Spain ta tsakiyar zamanai ta ruhaniya. An gina shi a ƙarshen karni na 12, ana ɗaukarsa mafi tsufa a cikin majami'a a Turai wanda har yanzu yana riƙe da ainihin tsarinsa. Ko da yake sunanta yana nuna sakewar Kirista daga baya, zuciyarta da siffarta sun kasance cikin Yahudawa sosai, suna nuna hazakar al'adar al'ummar Sephardic da ta taɓa samun bunƙasa a Toledo.

Ƙarƙashin mulkin Kiristanci ta masu sana'ar Islama suka gina don ikilisiyar Yahudawa, gine-ginen majami'ar yana nuna kyakkyawar tasirin Mudéjar, Musulunci, da Romanesque. Fararen takalmi na doki, rikitattun ginshiƙai, da sifofi masu natsuwa suna haifar da yanayi na zahiri da na mala'iku a cikin Wuri Mai Tsarki. Ko da yake ba ya aiki a matsayin gidan ibada, sararin samaniya ya kasance mai tsarki sosai - mahajjata, masana tarihi, da masu neman ruhaniya sun ziyarce shi zuwa ga girmansa na shiru. Majami'ar Saint Mary the White tana tsaye a matsayin addu'a na shiru a cikin dutse, tana maimaita tunawa da lokacin da addinai dabam-dabam suka raba sararin samaniya, girmamawa, da shiru na girmamawa a ƙarƙashin sama ɗaya na Ubangiji.