Antique shop-window , Sant Domenec Jewish Quarter, 12th-14th centuries. Barcelona city. Catalonia . Spain.

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Antique shop-window , Carrer de Sant Domenec . The Major Call . Medieval Jewish Quarter, 12th-14th centuries. Barcelona city. Catalonia . Spain. The Call was the quarter where the Jewish community lived in the medieval Barcelona. It was known by this name from 12th century. The word "call " means narrow street or lane and it came to designate the whole set of streets inhabited by the Jews, that is to say, the Jewish quarter. The community of Jews was called the "aljama".

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Location: Antique shop-window , Sant Domenec Jewish Quarter, Barcelona city. Catalonia. Spain
Photo credit: © JORDI CAMÍ / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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