A route through the most beautiful Jewish quarters in Spain to discover this autumn

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The Sephardic footprint in Spain is still very present in a large sample of populations spread throughout the country.

From Toledo to Córdoba.

.

From Ávila to Lorca.

Next, we walk these

in search of traditions, gastronomy, architecture, art and, why not, countless curiosities.

We start the route through the main Jewish quarters of our country in the

, where the trip takes us to Ribadavia, Monforte de Lemos, Tui and León, four cities full of attractions in which their Sephardic heritage shines with its own light.

Stars of David and menorahs meet the traveler on the medieval facades of towns such as

where Falagueira Street preserves the flavor of the time when the Sephardim made it one of the richest in culture in Jewish Spain .

Typical buildings of the Jewish quarter of Segovia.

In

have to visit the

where the only Sambenitos of the Inquisition that are preserved in our country are exhibited, a collection of five canvases in which 14 penitents are named between the years 1617 and 1621. Very close, in Ribadavia , the Pazo de los Condes homónimos, a 17th century building that houses the

de Galicia

.

Already in León, the old Jewish quarter is located in the current Barrio Húmedo, perfect for going for tapas.

From Navarra to Barcelona

We continue the tour of the Network of Jewish Quarters of Spain, made up of 21 towns, through the lands of Navarra.

We start in

where the Plaza del Doctor García Antoñanzas marks the beginning of the old aljama.

In Tarazona, the Casanate converts house stands out, rebuilt in 1371 and used for worship and study, where some

are preserved

and its only nave

.

In

on the other hand, the remains of two Jewish quarters (the Old and the New) await.

The one in

was in the vicinity of the Plaza de los Fueros.

The Jewish quarter of the city of Girona.

Take a walk through Barcelona to discover its Sephardic memory in the

, a space of

installed in a building of medieval origin where different pieces of ceramics, glass or goldsmith are exhibited ... Nor should you miss the one in

so well preserved. We continued in

whose Puerta de la Sangre passed through what was one of the largest Jewish quarters in the Kingdom of Valencia. The House of the Berenguer was, on the other hand, the house of the aljama.

In

you should not miss a visit to the San Antón de Cáceres neighborhood, on the other side of the walled city.

From there we jump to

to visit the 16th century Carvajal Girón Palace, which occupies the same site where the

was built

.

The route continues in Hervás, with one of the best-preserved Jewish quarters in all of Spain.

Hervás has one of the best preserved Jewish quarters in Spain.

Andalusia shines with its own light in cities like Jaén, where the old Jewish quarter had its entrance at the Puerta de Baeza, which today recalls

. In Córdoba there is not a single street called Jews, with its corresponding synagogue. In the Plaza de Tiberiades stands the statue dedicated to

probably the most important Hebrew figure in the Iberian Peninsula.

also stands out in the South

, the ancient

, known as the Pearl of Sepharad, with the largest necropolis in Europe.

In Murcia we must talk about

where the archaeological remains of the castle around which the Jewish quarter was located, just below the

, one of the symbols of the city.

Toledo, Segovia and Ávila cannot be missed on this journey through Sefarad's heritage.

The city of the Three Cultures has the site of the

that of Santa María la Blanca, that of Tránsito ... In Segovia the church of the Corpus Christi convent stands out, which was the main Synagogue of the city;

the

, where the Jewish Quarter Didactic Center is located;

and the Jewish cemetery.

The Plaza de San Nicolás de Plasencia, in Cáceres.

The route ends in

whose Jewish quarter was articulated around the current streets of the Catholic Monarchs and El Pocillo.

The

with the Malaventura gate open in the wall, and the

recently restored, are the other great settings of Sephardic culture.

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