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Jewish heritage tours in Barcelona's El Call
Visit Casa Adret, a 12th-c. Jewish house

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Unraveling Barcelona's Jewish Story
We want to share this story with YOU.

A story from Roman times to today, more than just myths and clichés. Ready to get curious?

Join us on a journey through Barcelona’s Jewish heritage that goes beyond the usual myths. This story is complex, emotional, and truly fascinating!

#JewishHeritage #BarcelonaHistory #ToldotBarcelona by @toldotbarcelona

Step inside one of Barcelona's most remarkable hidden heritage sites.

Casa Adret is one of the few surviving medieval Jewish houses in Barcelona, offering a unique window into centuries of Jewish life, culture, and memory in the heart of the historic Call.

Join us for a guided visit every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and discover the stories behind this extraordinary space.

✨ Did you know? An exclusive visit to Casa Adret is already included in all our Jewish Heritage Tours. For those wishing to explore the house in greater depth, you can also book a dedicated Casa Adret Visit.

📍Visits: Monday • Wednesday • Friday
📩 Reserve your place via DM or through the link in our bio. by @toldotbarcelona

Experience the medieval Archives of the Cathedral of Barcelona, and the secrets behind the documents found there.

#barcelona #casaadret #jewishtours #heritage #jewishhistory #archive #research by @toldotbarcelona

Corners of the Call... There's always something to discover. After 10 years of guiding, sometimes I still randomly get struck with ghosts entering a street, or passing a wall.

Today it happened as I walked down Carrer de la Lleona. Taking its name from a yard where lions from the royal menagerie were reportedly kept in the fourteenth century, cared for by a royal lionkeeper who was often Jewish. Have you heard that story? We just wrote about it in our guide.

#Barcelona #lionkeeper #Jewishtour #history #heritage by @toldotbarcelona

Alghero, 1456: a Jewish marriage contract in the Crown of Aragon

On 9 January 1456, Shelomo ben Zarch de Carcassona married Bella bat Merwanha ha-Sheniri in Alghero, Sardinia, “in the city of Alguer, on the seashore”. Their ketubbah, dated the sixth day of Shevat 5216, is a rare surviving testimony to the Jewish presence on the island and to the connections between Jewish communities across the territories of the Crown of Aragon.

The marriage contract stipulated that Bella would retain ownership of her entire dowry, in accordance with the custom of the Jews of Aragon. It also records the groom’s commitment to provide for his wife and to feed her “according to the custom of Jewish men”, offering a glimpse into the legal traditions and matrimonial practices of the period.

Shelomo belonged to the prominent Carcassona family. His grandfather, Samuele Carcassona, arrived in Alghero from Provence in 1422 and soon became secretary of the call (the Jewish community) and a tenant of the royal customs. His sons, including Zarquillo, Shelomo’s father, and Salomone, known as Nin, held influential positions in both the Jewish community and the royal administration.

The family’s prominence was reflected in its luxurious palace, built on the main street of the Jewish quarter. Before the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, Ferdinand II of Aragon ordered that Nin de Carcassona’s residence be reserved for royal accommodation.
Preserved through its reuse in the binding of a book, this ketubbah is the only document originating from the Jewish community of Alghero known to have survived in this way. Studied by Amira Meir in Materia Giudaica (2009), it offers a tangible link to the history of Jewish life in Sardinia and to the wider networks that connected Jewish communities throughout the Crown of Aragon.

The document is available through the World Digital Library.

#JewishHistory #CrownOfAragon #CatalanJewishHistory #Alghero #Sardinia MedievalJewishHistory Sepharad by @toldotbarcelona

B A R C E L O N A 💫

What a joy it is to explore Barcelona’s Jewish history with wonderful people.

Every walk brings new stories, connections and ways of seeing this city.

Thank you to everyone who has joined us, shared in these moments and supported our work in keeping these stories alive. D

#ToldotBarcelona #JewishHeritage #BarcelonaHistory #JewishBarcelona by @toldotbarcelona

September at Casa Adret ✨

A month of opening doors, gathering, music, high holidays, shared spaces and new conversations.

From concerts to study groups, to exploring The Book or Women's Love and being part of European Days of Jewish Culture, Casa Adret continues to become a place for people to come together and for collaboration.

Thank you to all that helped make beautiful September. ❤️

#CasaAdret #ToldotBarcelona #JewishBarcelona #JewishHeritage #EDJC2026 Barcelona by @toldotbarcelona

Presentació del projecte Miretage a la Nit de les Religions by @toldotbarcelona

Què en queda avui de la tradició jueva de la Catalunya medieval? Més del que podríem imaginar.

El doctor Idan Perez, director de llibres rars de la Biblioteca Nacional d’Israel, va rebre el Premi Memorial Josep Maria Batista i Roca – Enric Garriga Trullols per la seva tasca de recuperació i difusió de la cultura catalana. El reconeixement va premiar el seu Sidur Catalunya, publicat el 2019: la primera reconstrucció completa del llibre de pregàries utilitzat pels jueus de Catalunya, València i Mallorca abans de l’expulsió de 1492.

Per reconstruir-lo, Perez va estudiar sis manuscrits dels segles XIV al XVI, conservats a Moscou, Parma, Sant Petersburg, Oxford i Roma. El llibre recupera pregàries, poemes litúrgics, comentaris rabínics i antigues tradicions jueves catalanes. També permet conèixer costums particulars, com la manera pròpia d’encendre les espelmes de Hanukkà o les diferències entre les tradicions de Barcelona i Girona. Una recerca que contribueix a recuperar una part poc coneguda de la història i del patrimoni jueu de Catalunya.

#JueusCatalans #HistòriaDeCatalunya #CatalunyaMedieval #HistòriaJueva #PatrimoniCultural by @toldotbarcelona

Ahir vam compartir una tarda molt especial al voltant del patrimoni, la memòria i les històries de les comunitats religioses minoritàries de Barcelona.

En el marc de MIRETAGE, el projecte europeu sobre el patrimoni de les minories religioses, vam presentar els resultats dels laboratoris desenvolupats al llarg del projecte: espais de participació i reflexió sobre els patrimonis, els itineraris i les experiències vinculades a les memòries i als espais de les comunitats religioses minoritàries de la ciutat.

Gràcies a totes les persones que hi vau participar i a Associació Mozaika, ISOR (Investigacions en Sociologia de la Religió) i La Xixa per fer possible aquesta trobada.

#MIRETAGE #Patrimoni #Memòria #DiversitatReligiosa #Barcelona by @toldotbarcelona

Mar y Mediterráneo 💫

As part of the 2026 European Days of Jewish Culture @jewisheritage , and this year’s theme of LOVE, Mozaika and the Barcelona History Museum (MUHBA) collaboration of on Mar y Mediterráneo, an evening of Sephardic music with Layla Akbal @laylaakbal and Ofer Ronen @oferronenmusic .

A beautiful evening of Jewish and Mediterranean culture, where the music explored Sephardic love songs through melody, languages, traditions and memories. A reminder of the ways music can cross borders and connect people. Hearing their voices fill the patio of Casa Adret was truly moving.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to Layla, Ofer, Mozaika, the AEPJ, Federico @szarfer and MUHBA for making the evening possible.

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Com a part de les Jornades Europees de la Cultura Jueva 2026, i sota el lema d’enguany, LOVE, ens va fer molta il·lusió col·laborar amb Mozaika i el Museu d’Història de Barcelona (MUHBA) en Mar y Mediterráneo, una vetllada de música sefardita amb Layla Akbal i Ofer Ronen.

Una nit preciosa de cultura jueva i mediterrània, en què la música va explorar les cançons d’amor sefardites a través de melodies, llengües, tradicions i memòries — un recordatori de com la música pot travessar fronteres i connectar persones. Sentir les seves veus omplint el pati de Casa Adret va ser realment commovedor.

Gràcies a tothom que ens va acompanyar, i a Layla, Ofer, Mozaika, l’AEPJ, Federico i el MUHBA per fer possible aquesta vetllada.

#EDJC2026 #EDJCLOVE #EuropeanDaysOfJewishCulture #JewishBarcelona #BarcelonaJewishHeritage MarYMediterráneo Mozaika MUHBA JewishCulture MediterraneanCulture by @toldotbarcelona

Yesterday it was beautiful and meaningful. We started our day with some of the main tourist attractions of Barcelona and we crowned our journey with a wonderful learning session about local Jewish history and Sukkot at Casa Adret. Finally we welcomed Shabat at Comunitat Atid with the first Spanish woman rabbi in history my dear rabbi Irene. by @toldotbarcelona