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THE BRAIN BEHIND GOLDEN AGE SEFARAD BEAUTY
Samuel Ha Levi Abulafia was the visionary who built and financed many of the synagogues built during the Golden Age of Jewish Spain, among them the SINAGOGA DEL TRANSITO in Toledo. The Jewish...
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THE SYNAGOGUE THAT BECAME THE CORPUS CHRISTI CHURCH
In Segovia, Castilla Y Leon, in Northern Spain, the Old Great Synagogue was converted in the 14th Century into a convent and later on into a Church which is how it is standing today.Filed under:...
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PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE JUDERIA (Jewish quarter) in SEGOVIA, SPAIN.
This amazing panoramic view of the Barrio Judio in Segovia, in Castilla, opens the door to the exploration of the narrow streets where Jews were an active part of the life of the city between the 12th...
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WHEN THE JEWS OF SPAIN WALKED THE STREETS OF LORCA
The archeological discovery of the Synagogue of Lorca in the Murcia Region in Southeast Spain, one of the most fascinating discoveries and the only synagogue found in Murcia, Spain.Filed under:...
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SUSPENDED IN TIME AND SPACE IN SEFARAD
This lightening installation can be seen at the Jewish Museum in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. The tomb from the 13th Century Jewish Cemetery is hanging in the middle of a audiovisual reproduction of...
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DAVID AND GOLIATH BATTLE AT THE ELAH VALLEY IN ISRAEL
The story of the battle between David and Goliath as painted by Caravaggio in 1600 and in exhibit at the Museo del Prado in Madrid. On the other side, the Elah Valley in Israel where the battle was...
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THE ENTRANCE TO THE CALL (Jewish quarter) in PALMA DE MALLORCA in Spain.
Later know as the Fortress of the Knights Templar, the gates were the entrance to a rich cultural, business and religious Jewish life.There were 3 synagogues at the Golden age of Jewish life in Palma...
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THE SEFARAD MENORAH AT THE JUDERIA OF SEGOVIA
The Menorah from Medieval Jewish Golden Age in Spain is located at the Jewish Museum in the Juderia (Jewish quarter) in Segovia, in Castilla y Leon in Northern Spain. Together with many other...
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THE “CASA DE LA JUDERIA”
in Candeleda, in the Castilla and Leon Autonomy in Spain, opened in 2010 to recreate the traditions and culture of the Juderia (Jewish quarter) before the inquisition. The Center serves as a cultural...
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…AND WHEN SOME WERE EXPELLING JEWS, OTHERS WERE WELCOMING THEM WITH OPEN ARMS…:
The plaque in Ferrara in Northern Italy remembers the city as being the first one in Europe that opened its walls to the Jews who were expelled from Spain during the inquisition. The initiative to...
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