Tombstone, Museum of Jewish History, Girona, Catalonia
Commemorative stone of the Great Synagogue of Girona, 14th century, from the east wall of the synagogue, found in a house on Cala Sant Francesc in 1888, in the Museum of Jewish History, opened 2000 in the Bonastruc ca Porta Centre, in the Call Jueu or Jewish Quarter, in the old town of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The Jewish community in Girona grew from the 9th century and flourished from the 12th century, when the city housed an important Kabbalistic school, until their expulsion in 1492 under the Catholic Monarchs. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14123555
Media ID
45911780
Size
8268px x 5371px
(16.5MB)
Credit
© Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Manuel Cohen
Date
2023
