subject: Spain Holiday Rentals For Heritage Of The Jewish Quarters [print this page] Spain was the Promised Land for Jews during the Middle Ages until the 1492 expulsion by the Catholic Kings. There are several cities in Spain which are important to the Jewish heritage in the country and are ideal for your SPAIN HOLIDAY RENTALS to learn more about their history and culture.
Caceres has had two Jewish neighbourhoods, each with a synagogue. In Juderia Vieja (Old Jewish Quarter) the synagogue stood where the Hermitage of San Antonio is today. The Synagogue in Juderia Nueva (New Jewish Quarter) was located in the Calle Cruz but is no longer. The Jewish quarter of Cordoba is one of the most famous in Spain and the whitewashed walls of the neighbourhood just north of the Great Mosque are one of the most popular attractions. Tomas Conde streets, Judios Levi, Judah and the Plaza are where the majority of the Jewish Quarter stands. The 14th century synagogue of Cordoba is the only synagogue in Spain which never became a Christian building.
The Jewish quarter of Girona is called Call and is one of the best preserved in Europe. The streets of Carrer de Sant Llorenc and Carrero, part Travessia Dr. Luis Batlle and Carrer del Dr. Miquel Oliva represents the majority of the Jewish quarter here. Torre Gironella is the famous refuge of Jews during the troubled period. The Jewish Quarter begins around the Plaza and stretches down to the river where you will find a number of small winding streets. It consisted of Calle del Vado, Calle Amistad Judeocristiana and Calleja de los Cofrade but most buildings of Jewish origin have long been in the hands of other religions. The synagogue was on Calle del Rabilero.
Ribadavia and its Jewish heritage are well preserved. There are a number of festivals in Ribadavia, which are of Jewish origin: the Festa da Istoria, the Boda Judia and Sephardic Jewish music shows. The synagogue was in the Plaza de la Magdalena. An ideal town full of information about the Jews from Spain because the network of Jewish Quarters in Spain and the Sephardic Information centre are both here.
The Sinagoga Mayor is now a church, Corpus Christi and marks the beginning of the Jewish quarter of Segovia which extends from there to Canonjia. Toledo was one of the largest Jewish populations in Spain. A good place to see the old Jewish quarter is the Mirador de San Cristobal District extending from Calle Taller del Moro; the walls of the city are the Puerta del Cambronne. Two synagogues in the city out of the original ten still stand because they became churches following the expulsion of the Jews: the Transit Synagogue (now a museum) and the Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca.
The Catalan city of Tortosa has a strong tradition of Muslims and Jews. Jews occupied an important position in the city from the eighth century; when the city was occupied by the Muslims they were able to create a link between the Christians and Jews. When the city liberated Christians in the 12th century, Jews built the shipyards for the Muslims. The new Jewish neighbourhood, which was founded in the 13th century, is still well preserved today, occupying the streets around the Remolins Tudela's two ghettos, the Jewish vetula (around Calle San Julian) and the New Jewish quarter along the Paseo del Castillo. Once the city had three synagogues but no one is sure where they were. So if youre looking for something to do when on your SPAIN HOLIDAY RENTALS you now know what to look for.
