The Jewish Quarter

In 1415, the authorities closed the Jewish Besalu in a sector that had been bounded between Bridge Street and the river until the Fluvia started descending. There were Boarded up doors and windows of houses and streets, except for the Jews portal which were opened in the wall. Twenty years later there wasn't a Jew left in the village. We wandered around to the Interpretation Centre of Jueus Call, Plaza of the Jews and we got to observe their plant archaeological purification ritual baths and down the Fluvia River. The major cultural figure of the Jewish community of Besalu was the grammarian and

The medieval town of Besalu had an important Jewry or "call" from which the purificatin baths, or mikwa, were preserved. It's a notable Romanesque building in the heart of the Jewish quarter. There is evidence that the district also had an important synagogue, but it hasn't been located yet. Besalú cottages: 'http://www.toprural.com/cataluna/girona/casas-rurales-besalu_rm-es-17019.htm'