QUEMADERO (QUEMADERO DE TABLADA):

Place of execution built by the first inquisitors at Seville in 1481; it was decorated with four large statues representing prophets. The architect, as a follower of Judaism, was one of the firstto fall a victim to the Inquisition. The Quemadero was not destroyed until 1809, when the material was used for fortifications during the French invasion of Andalusia.

Bibliography:
  • Ad. de Castro, Hist. de los Judios en España, p. 116.
S. M. K.
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