The Call (Jewish Quarter)
The Call (Jewish Quarter) features on the Gingerguide audio walk through Girona. Give it roughly ~60 min: enough to look, hear a two to three minute story on the spot, and ask the AI guide whatever the story leaves open.
- Type historic
- Suggested visit ~60 min
- Girona Girona guide
About The Call (Jewish Quarter)
One of the best-preserved medieval Jewish quarters in Europe, a steep maze of stone lanes around Carrer de la Força. Home of the great scholar Nahmanides, it is now also the Museum of Jewish History.
El Call is Girona's medieval Jewish Quarter, among the best-preserved in Europe: a warren of steep, narrow, stepped lanes around Carrer de la Força, in the heart of the old town. A Jewish community lived here from the late 9th century until the expulsion of 1492, and medieval Girona was a famous centre of Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition.
Its most celebrated figure was the rabbi, physician and philosopher Nahmanides, known as Ramban, born here in 1194, who in 1263 defended Judaism in the great Disputation of Barcelona before King James I. Today the Museu d'Història dels Jueus, in the Centre Bonastruc ça Porta on the site of the last synagogue, tells the community's story. Look at the doorways for the small slots that once held mezuzahs.
Did you know? El Call is Girona's medieval Jewish Quarter, among the best-preserved in Europe, a maze of steep stone lanes around Carrer de la Força where a Jewish community lived from the late 9th century until the expulsion of 1492.
How long is a visit to The Call (Jewish Quarter)?
Set aside roughly ~60 min for The Call (Jewish Quarter). That covers a good look and the narrated story, and because you set the pace you can always stay on.
Is The Call (Jewish Quarter) worth your time?
The Call (Jewish Quarter) is among the 13 narrated highlights the Gingerguide team chose for Girona, so it is worth a look. Hear the story for the context, then ask the AI guide for anything more.
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