Editing Astorga, Spain (section)

=== Reconquista ===
[[File:Astorga Cathedral Façade.jpg|thumb|left|[[Astorga Cathedral|Cathedral of Astorga]].]]
After the [[Berber people|Berbers]]' withdrawal to join the blazing Berber rebellion (739–742) and the campaigns of [[Alfonso I of Asturias]] (742 – 757) against the [[al-Andalus|Andalusians]], the city was abandoned, being in the largely empty buffer zone between Moors and Christians known at the time as "The Desert of the Duero," and was part of the ''[[Repoblación]]'' ("repopulation") effort carried out a century later during the reign of [[Ordoño I of Asturias]] (850 – 866). Astorga suffered from decadence until the 11th century, when the city became a major stop on the French route for the pilgrims to the tomb of Saint James in [[Santiago de Compostela]]. Construction of the cathedral began in the 15th century and finished in the late 18th century.

Jews were living in the fortified section of Astorga as early as the 11th century. Later they inhabited two quarters in the city. A street called the Garden (Paseo) of the Synagogue formerly ran beside the old city wall. Many Jews in Astorga were forcibly converted to Christianity in 1230–31. Although there is no record of the fate of the Jews of Astorga during the 1391 massacres, they suffered in the persecutions of 1412. At the [[synod]] held in [[Valladolid]] in 1432, the Astorga community claimed privileges exempting them from payment of crown taxes. The community existed until the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492. Jews established their trades in the city. To this day, Astorga is the home of value-adding and special products.<ref>{{cite web |title=Astorga, Spain |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/astorga |website=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=25 June 2024}}</ref>