Belforad Synagogue

The Chapel of Our Lady of Las Nieves, on Reyes Catolicos Street, formerly Cal de Andrín, was erected by the virrein of Sicily, Mrs. María Dávila, on the site occupied by the synagogue of Ávila called Belforad. The interior of the chapel is presided by a magnificent relief of alabaster by Juan Rodríguez and Lucas Giraldo. In the popular tradition the name of Casa del Rabino was kept for the house that was located in the Callejón de las Nieves (formerly the Synagogue Hospice) and which was connected to the temple. There are some painted lines that some have interpreted as a fragment of a Star of David, in what was the door that would connect the house and the synagogue. It has also been wanted to see as another symbol, the cross engraved in one of the jambs of the door, sign with which the new Christians marked their houses to avoid problems in convulsive times.