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The Jewish quarter of Barcelona (Catalan: El Call de Barcelona, Spanish: Barrio Judío de Barcelona) in Barcelona, Spain, is an area located in the Gothic Quarter. The quarter was the heart of the city's Jewish community from the 7th to 14th centuries [ 1 ] and was one of the most important Jewish quarters on the Iberian Peninsula during the ...
The Judería de Córdoba ('Jewish Quarter of Córdoba') is the area of the Spanish city of Córdoba in which the Jews lived between the 10th and 15th centuries. It is located in the Historic centre of Córdoba , northeast of the Mezquita Catedral (the Mosque-Cathedral), in the area of the following streets: Deanes , Manríquez , Tomás Conde ...
In the town map made by Dr. Sebastià Sans in 1808, the Jewish quarter appears as "El Call" and numbered with 10. Based on an investigation conducted by Antoni Ginard, Joan Estrany and Francesca Tugores at the University of the Balearic Islands , Jeroni de Berard is currently believed to have made in 1790 the oldest map of Inca, later used by ...
Santa Cruz, is the primary tourist neighborhood of Seville, Spain, and the former Jewish quarter of the medieval city. Santa Cruz is bordered by the Jardines de Murillo, the Real Alcázar, Calle Mateos Gago, and Calle Santa María La Blanca/San José.
In the Jewish diaspora, a Jewish quarter (also known as jewry, juiverie, Judengasse, Jewynstreet, Jewtown, Judería or proto-ghetto) [1] is the area of a city traditionally inhabited by Jews. Jewish quarters, like the Jewish ghettos in Europe , were often the outgrowths of segregated ghettos instituted by the surrounding Christian or Muslim ...
The Jewish quarter of Toledo is a district of the city of Toledo, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It was the neighborhood in which the Jews lived in the Middle Ages, although they were not obliged to live within it. In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Jewish community of Toledo became the most populous and wealthy of the Kingdom of Castile.
In Spain, the name has been connected to Jewish quarters such as those in Granada, where Jewish communities thrived before their persecution and eventual expulsion. Families bearing the name Elbaz were often respected members of their communities, contributing as scholars, merchants, and community leaders in pre-expulsion Spain and Portugal.
The Red de Juderías de España (literally "Network of Jewish Quarters of Spain") is a non-profit organisation comprising cities which have a medieval Jewish quarter. Its goals are to preserve the architectural, historical, artistic and cultural legacy of the Sephardi Jews, who were expelled from Spain in 1492. [1]