Jewish Route in Segovia
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- Segovia
- Type of route
- One day
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Segovia boasts various sites offering an insight into the history of the city’s Jewish community.
Between the 13th and 14th centuries the city had a large Jewish population made up of noble and more modest families that lived in harmony with Segovia’s other residents. Today, the Jewish Education Centre and various other tourist resources provide an insight into their traditions and trades, as well as inviting visitors to take a step back in time to the days of the Jews and learn more about the city.
This route includes the following sites of interest: Segovia’s main synagogue, the Jewish Education Centre, San Andrés Gate, the Cuesta de los Hoyos Jewish Cemetery, the Corral de Cayón Midrash and the Ibáñez Synagogue (the city’s second most important synagogue).
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Synagogue Ibañez Segovia (Second Synagogue)More informationThe old synagogue of the family Ibañez de Segovia was, or New Main Synagogue, which replaced the first in 1419. Owned by Bartolome Ibañez from 1507, and until the late XIX century, later become property...
Midrash del corral de CayonMore informationIt is a Talmudic school in la Almuzara, which was built on land belonging then to the Cathedral of Segovia. We also have news of the existence of another midrash in the second half of the XIV century,...
Major Synagogue of SegoviaMore informationBetween 1373 and 1419 was already part of the catholic faith. The entrance is typical of a country farm and the interior has three naves seperated by horseshoe arches on octogonal pillars. Nowadays it...
Door of San AndresMore informationIt was restored in the XVI century, flanked by two towers, one with round floor and the other square, which is used to access to the Jewish quarter.It is one of the seven gates that once existed in the...
Educational Centre of the Jewish QuarterMore informationA modern and interactive museum that aims to show, teach and disseminate the history of the Sephardic of Segovia, and discover the details of their presence in the city, their customs and crafts, and their...
Jewish Cemetery of the Cuesta de los HoyosMore informationOn a hill just outside the town, but close, rises Cuesta de los Hoyos, where is this Jewish cemetery, active for over two centuries, in an area called El Pinarillo. This is one of the few Jewish necropolises...