San Martin Bridge Toledo

Welcome. At this moment you are in front of the San Martín Bridge, one of the most beautiful accesses to the city of Toledo. Before you start walking, I invite you to stop for a few seconds. Take a deep breath and contemplate the landscape in front of you. The Tagus River has embraced the city for centuries, while Toledo stands on the rock like a stone fortress. This is one of those views that remain forever in memory. Now imagine this same place seven hundred years ago. Merchants, travelers, rabbis, artisans and entire families crossed this bridge to enter the city. Among them there were also Jews who returned to their homes after a long trip or merchants who arrived from other corners of the Peninsula. But this place keeps another secret. We are next to the old neighborhood of Degolladero, a name that may seem surprising, but which refers to the Jewish butcher shops that existed in this place. Here the animals were slaughtered following the rules of kashrut, so that the food could be considered kosher. It is a small detail that reminds us that the Jewish quarter of Toledo was not just a neighborhood. It was a city within the city, with its own institutions, its markets, its schools and its customs.

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