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The Center hosts the Girona Museum of Jewish History [15] and the Nahmanides Institute for Jewish Studies. [5] Excavations also turned up 1,200 old documents, including Talmudic commentary, accounts of domestic life, a description of the ancient synagogue and the names of Girona Jews who converted to Christianity in 1492.
The Province of Girona (Catalan: província de Girona [pɾuˈvinsiə ðə ʒiˈɾonə]; Spanish: provincia de Gerona [pɾoˈβinθja ðe xeˈɾona]) is a province in the northeastern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain.
Pierre D'Orival compared the duke's success to that of his father, Duke Anne Jules, at the siege of Girona in 1694. In his poem De Gerunda ab illustrissimo Duce Noallio expugnata ("The Storming of Girona by the Most Illustrious Duke of Noailles"), Thomas Maria des Antons singles out for praise the duke's tactical decision to strike in winter. [3]
For much of Girona's history, Montjuïc was uninhabited, the site of only the medieval Jewish cemetery of the city and the 17th century Montjuïc Castle defensive bastion. [3] Girona's Montjuïc parallels the better-known Montjuïc in Barcelona : a large hill adjacent to the city with a large castle fortress at the top dating to the mid-17th ...
Tossa de Mar (Catalan: [ˈtosə ðə ˈmaɾ]; Spanish: Tosa de Mar) is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, located on the coastal Costa Brava, about 100 kilometres north of Barcelona and 100 kilometres south of the French border. It is accessible through Girona Airport, some distance north.
The Girona City History Museum is a museum in the middle of the Old Town of Girona, in a unique building which used to be the convent of the Capuchin friars of Saint Anthony in 18th century, and which still conserves some surprising remnants of the time, such as the cemetery, cloister and cistern.
The Cathedral of Saint Mary, (Catalan: Catedral de Santa Maria), is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Girona. The cathedral's interior includes the widest Gothic nave in the world, with a width of 23 metres (75 ft).
The first siege of Girona during the Peninsular War, also called the battle of Gerona, took place from 20 to 21 June 1808, when an Imperial French division led by Guillaume Philibert Duhesme try to overrun a Spanish garrison commanded by Lieutenant Colonels O'Donovan and O'Daly. The French assault failed and the attackers withdrew.