Close to Patio de Banderas, we shall find Judería Street. As revealed by the name, this was the Jewish area of the city. The arrival of the Arabs in Spain marked a period of prosperity for the Jewish population, who were respected and given a wealth of privileges by the Muslim authorities. Yet, the Almohad invasion in the mid-twelfth century resulted in a much more theocratic and fundamentalist governance putting an end to the previous religious liberty that the Jews enjoyed. Upon the Castilian conquest, the Christian king Alfonse X allowed the Jewish community to convert three mosques into synagogues as a way to promote a policy of religious coexistence. Unfortunately, the riots of 1391, proved that this was impossible; An angry mob attacked the Jews of Seville, who became the scapegoats for all the problems the people suffered. They were gradually dislocated and by 1492 none were left living in this quarter.