Private Jewish Catalonia: Hardships & Triumphs

Our Barcelona Jewish tours go well beyond the Roman and Medieval walls that once 'protected' the Jewish community that lived there for centuries. Few Catalans today can deny the key role the Jewish community played in the building and flourishing of the Catalan empire from the 12th to 15th century. The legacy of the Jewish community in Barcelona and Girona, although not readily apparent is all around us and it should be of high interest to any local or traveler with even a slight interest in understanding the history of Barcelona, Girona, and greater Catalunya. In Catalunya, as in many areas of European during the medieval era, the Jewish experienced an unparalleled roller coaster of hardships and triumphs. Jewish Catalunya was exceptional to the rest of Spain and western Europe in regards to the socio-political and religious co-existence that was developed and shared with relative peace for three centuries by Catholics and Jews. Trace the steps of the Jewish community that defied social and religious adversity, strengthened their own community as well as the chaotic Catholic community in which they were surrounded and had to carefully navigate daily, helped build the Catalan Empire as both artisans and scholars and essentially thrive three centuries until their final expulsion in 1492.