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Although the entrance to the building is very sober, the rooms are richly decorated with plasterwork, arches with plant motifs,  and beautiful roofs. Among the unique decorations you can find twenty-four-pointed stars, a “hand of Fatima” which symbolizes hospitality and a dove, in reference to the Palomeque family who promoted the construction of the palace in the 14th century.

In the 15th century it seems that this palace passed It began to have religious use, becoming the Convent of Santa Eufemia, although in the 16th century it was rented as a warehouse by the Cathedral, being used as part of the stonework workshop for the repair of materials. The name of the “Moor's Workshop” It would derive from this use and the decorations with Islamic influence that decorated its walls.  Since then there have been many uses of the space, becoming a garage, a dance hall and a bakery.

Since 1959 the monument has been property of the State. After a major restoration, the building was opened in 1963 as the Museo Taller del Moro del Mudéjar Toledano.   After a recent renovation and reopening, the Museum exhibits fourteen Hispanic-Muslim pieces that, together with the graphic information of the exhibition, help interpret the history, architecture and decorative elements of the building.  Ceramics and tiles from the 14th century are a fundamental part of the collection as well as such as tombstones, capitals, borders, friezes, beams.

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Monday. And on January 1, 6 and 23; May 1; December 24,25 and 31.

Long description

The Taller del Moro is a reference in Mudéjar architecture for civil use in the city of Toledo. The original building must have It is a 14th century palace with a rectangular floor plan arranged around a patio, although only one living room and two bedrooms have survived to this day. These types of buildings were very common in medieval Toledo and are a faithful reflection of the taste of the nobles for architecture made by Muslim architects from simple materials such asplaster and brick .