JEWISH NEIGHBORHOOD
This neighborhood, one of the most important Jewish neighborhoods in northeastern Catalonia, preserves the irregular urban grid of the Middle Ages
It was one of the most important Jewish districts in north-east Catalonia, with up to 300 Jews enjoying privileges granted by the Counts of Empúries. Dating back to the 13th century, this community virtually disappeared after the Catholic Monarchs decreed its expulsion in 1492. The old Jewish quarter covered an area that included the streets de la Muralla, dels Jeues, del Call, del Calabró, Peixateries Velles and the plaça de la Llana. This district retains the irregular urban grid of the Middle Ages. A stroll through the district will reveal various reminders of this past, such as nine funerary steles housed in the Curie-Prison museum of medieval history, a mezuzah at the town hall, the former convent of Saint-Dominique and an ancient street embedded in the present-day Hôtel de la Moneda.
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Vous aimerez comme nous cette ballade dans ce village qui n'est pas très grand
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