Mallorca, Jewish routes

The Jewish Quarter of Palma

What is it?

Walking route through the center of Palma, passing through the main points related to the history of Judaism in the city

Who promotes it?

Palma City Council, through the VisitPalma platform: http://www.visitpalma.cat/ca/contenido/rutas/ruta/El-Barrio-Judio.

What's pursuing?

To publicise the secular footprint of the Jewish community in the city of Palma.

What is it like?

He proposes the following stops, which can be identified in situ by a bronze tile, nailed to the ground, which presents the profile of Sepharad (the Iberian Peninsula, in Hebrew): Aljama (current Parliament and former convent of Santo Domingo, where the Jewish quarter was located in the time of Islamic domination); Museum of Mallorca (archaeological remains); Call Major (Carrer del Call, which was the Jewish quarter after the Conquest); church of Monti-sion (first major synagogue); corner of Carrer de Sant Alonso and Carrer de la Posada de Montserrat (second main synagogue or Old Synagogue); monument to Jafudà Cresques (Jewish cartographer, in front of the Temple); corner of Carrer de la Pelleteria and Carrer del Sol (new synagogue); and Call Menor (around Carrer de l'Argenteria and Carrer de Jaume II, where the Jewish quarter of the modern age once stood).