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Best temples in Spain

8 temples in Spain, ranked by why it makes the list from the catalogue data. Each page tells you what to see, which ticket or tour to book and when to go.

#	Temple	Country	Why it makes the list
1	Mosque of Cristo de la Luz	Spain	Toledo's caliphal mosque of 999, a tiny square of nine domed bays with its founding inscription in brick, later a church with a Mudejar apse.
2	Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca	Spain	A forest of white horseshoe arches on octagonal piers, built by Muslim craftsmen for Toledo's Jews, and one of Europe's oldest standing synagogues.
3	Cordoba Synagogue	Spain	One of only three medieval synagogues left in Spain, a small prayer room of 1315 with lacy Mudejar stucco and Hebrew inscriptions in the Juderia.
4	Temple of Debod	Spain	A real Egyptian temple from Nubia, given to Spain in thanks for help saving the Nile monuments, standing above a pool in Madrid at sunset.
5	Temple of Augustus, Barcelona	Spain	Four Corinthian columns of Roman Barcelona's main temple, hidden in a medieval courtyard off a quiet Gothic Quarter lane and free to visit.
6	Roman Temple of Vic	Spain	A Roman temple swallowed by a medieval castle and rediscovered in 1882 when the castle was demolished, now restored in the old town of Vic.
7	Roman Temple of Córdoba	Spain	Re-erected marble columns of a first-century imperial cult temple from Roman Corduba, found in the 1950s beside the city hall.
8	Ancient Synagogue of Barcelona (Sinagoga Major)	Spain	Two small rooms below street level in Barcelona's medieval Call, held to be its main synagogue because of their orientation towards Jerusalem.