The Girona Synagogue in Catalonia, Spain was desecrated and looted following the Massacre of 1391, one of the medieval pogroms against Spanish Jews. As of the October 6 2023 snapshot the opening said 'Following the Massacre of 1391, the synagogue was desecrated and looted, however in 1415, Ferdinand I of Aragon ordered that the synagogue be restored to the Jews.' Today the opening carries no mention of the massacre, describing only the building's current use as a museum, though the word survives once elsewhere in the body. A reader today learns the building houses a Jewish museum and not that it was desecrated following a massacre of Jews.
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Girona Synagogue The Girona Synagogue ( Hebrew : הבית כנסת של גירונא) ( Catalan : Sinagoga de Girona ) was an important medieval synagogue in Carrer de Sant Llorenç in Girona , Spain , which served as the centre for early Spanish Kabbalism , with scholars such as Nachmanides , Issac the Blind and Azriel of Girona using the synagogue as a house of learning. The synagogue was built around the 13th century, with large renovations done in the mid 14th century, mostly funded by the Taroç family . Following the Massacre of 1391 , the synagogue was desecrated and looted, however in 1415, Ferdinand I of Aragon ordered that the synagogue be restored to the Jews. During the Catalan Civil War the synagogue was partly destroyed, and following the Alhambra Decree of 1492, the synagogue was sold to the canons of Girona Cathedral on 10 July 1492 for the price of 300 pounds. Today the site of the synagogue functions as a museum where archaeological finds and documents related to the synagogues of Girona, are displayed.1
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Former synagogue and now museum in Girona, Spain The Girona Synagogue ( Hebrew : הבית כנסת של גירונא ; Catalan : Sinagoga de Girona ) is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue , located in Carrer de Sant Llorenç, Girona , in Catalonia , Spain .No longer in use as a synagogue, the building was initially repurposed as a private residence and, since the 1980s, has been part of the Bonastruc Center and Museum ( Catalan : Centre Bonastruc ça Porta ), a Jewish museum .Historic Synagogues of Europe .Foundation for Jewish Heritage and the Center for Jewish Art at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . n.d ."Room 5: The Synagogue" (brochure) .Girona: Museu d'Història dels Jueus (The Museum of Jewish History). n.d .Girona: Museu d'Història dels Jueus (The Museum of Jewish History). 2024 .There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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important medieval synagogue in carrer de sant llorenç in girona
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former jewish congregation and synagogue
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