The Synagogue of Córdoba was completed in 1315, this is written on its walls, and is the only example of a medieval synagogue that exists in Andalusia.
After the perseution and expulsion of the Jews in 1492, the building was turned over to other uses.
It was a school, a chapel and even a hospital for sufferers of rabies.
The discovery in 1884 of its interesting plaster work, replete with plant motifs and inscriptions of psalms, motivated a restoration programme. Today, the entry hall is still intact. This led to the upper gallery (an area for the women), and the Prayer Room, square in shape and exquisitely decorated. On the eastern wall the tabercacle can be seen, where the Pentateuch scrolls were kept.