Segell de NahmànidesMuseum of Jewish History

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Sections

The call. The Jewish quarter

Museum panel illustrating the urban development of the Jewish Quarter

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The interpretation of this section presents the Jewish Quarter from a "bird's-eye view". Jewish quarters were distinctive urban units in several towns and cities of medieval Catalonia. Narrow streets, houses, workshops and craft premises (including bakeries and slaughterhouses), shops and ritual buildings (the synagogue and ritual baths) formed an urban fabric that provided the conditions for Jewish life to develop in accordance with religious precepts.

Selected objects

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  • Model of Girona's Jewish quarter
Additional information
  • Photograph of the entrance to the section
  • Image of the interactive display on the evolution of the Jewish Quarter
  • Photograph of the section panels

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