The Mezquita de las Tornerías is a Moorish former mosque in Toledo. It was built in the middle of the 11th century on the 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 hosts temporary exhibitions.
The building continued maintaining the Islamic faith in Spain 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 it was desacralizated by the Catholic Monarchs. Already as a building for civil use, it went 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.
NOTE: The mosque is no longer available to visit from the inside.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque_of_las_Tornerías
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Coordinates 39°51'30.644" N -4°1'22.005" E
