Girona History and Legends

Description

In the route that we propose you will be able to know both its history and its legends

We will accompany you on a journey back in time, from the founding of the City, we will travel the Via Augusta and the walls, passing through the Roman and Carolingian times until we reach Medieval Girona, we will see the great splendor of those times reflected in the exquisite Romanesque Monasteries, the Arab Baths, the great Gothic Palaces and above all the Cathedral.

Duration

3 hours

It includes

It does NOT include tickets to the monuments.

Travel

• In the historic center, we will visit the Jewish quarter (“ el Call ”) that extends through a labyrinth of cobbled alleys that preserve the important Jewish footprint that still remains in the city. The Aljama (Jewish community) of Girona was one of the most important in Spain and the center of La Cabala.

• The Jewish presence in the City dates back to the 9th century and they made their community important thanks to the merchants, doctors, notaries that were part of it and such notorious figures as Mosé Ben Nahman, Grand Master of the Cabala, also known for Nahmanides, Ramabán or Bonastruc ça Porta. The Jewish community became one-tenth of the population of Girona.

• Going down Carrer de la Força we will leave behind the Call, the Modernista style house where the architect Rafael Masó was born and we will arrive at the Rambla to meet the Onyar River and its bridges. The Puente de Piedra, the Puente de les Peixateries Velles (Eiffel Bridge) and the Puente de la Princesa (Bridge “d’en Gómez”), ending our tour here.