Jewish quarter of Toledo

The Jewish quarter of Toledo is a district of the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It was the neighborhood in which Jews were known to live in during the Middle Ages, though they were not mandated to live in it. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Jewish community of Toledo became the most populous and wealthy of the Kingdom of Castile. The Jewish community of Toledo coexisted peacefully for centuries with Muslims and Christians, giving the city the nickname “The City of the Three Cultures”. This arrangement, present at the time of the Siege of Toledo continued until all Jews in Spain were either expelled or forced to convert to Christianity by King Ferdinand II of Aragón and the Spanish Inquisition in 1492 under the Alhambra Decree.