The Córdoba Synagogue was completed in 1315, according to its inscription, and its design is attributed to Isaac Makheb. The inscription names Yitzhak Mahab, son of the wealthy Ephraim, as the primary benefactor. The style is Mudéjar. The prayer hall measures 21 by 23 feet (6.5 by 7 meters) and rises 38 feet (11.5 meters) to the top of the gables. A women's gallery above the entrance hall has three decorated arches, and Hebrew inscriptions drawn mostly from Psalms cover the walls.
It was used as a synagogue until 1492. After the expulsion it became the Hospital Santo Quiteria for rabies patients, and from 1588 the shoemakers' guild used it as a small Christian chapel.
It was listed as a monument in 1885 and reopened as a Jewish museum in 1985. The article calls it the only synagogue in Córdoba to escape destruction.
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