Girona

A major Kabbalah center - birthplace of Nahmanides (1194) and home of Azriel of Girona - whose Call quarter and Jewish history museum preserve the memory of a community ended in 1492.

Modern locality anchor

Girona

Spain · City · 42.0°N 2.8°E

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Where is Girona?

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THE COMMUNITY TIMELINE · EVERY NODE DATED

What happened to the Jewish community of Girona?

1100–1391

Medieval Kabbalah center (Nahmanides, Azriel)

1400–1492

Ghetto confinement (from 15th c.) to 1492 expulsion

Today

Museum and quarter; no community.

LANGUAGES & COMMUNITY

What did Girona sound like?

Hebrew (עברית, Ivrit)Ladino / Judeo-Spanish (Judezmo; Haketía)Judeo-Arabic

Ladino / Judeo-Spanish (Judezmo; Haketía) is a language with its own grammar, literature, and history — not “broken” anything, and not a dialect of Hebrew.

AFTER · IN FULL COLOR

What survives today?

In Girona

Museum and quarter; no community.

Museu d'Historia dels Jueus
museum · museum
In the Bonastruc ca Porta center.
El Call quarter
historic quarter · public landmark

In memory

Texts and figures that carry Girona forward.

Nachmanides — Ramban (1194–1270)

SOURCES & REVIEW

Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. (place entry)
Macmillan Reference USA · 2007

Reviewed 2026-07-30

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