Sinagoga Major

The area between Carrer dels Banys Nous, to the east of the Església de Santa Maria del Pi, and Plaça de Sant Jaume is known as the Call, and was Barcelona’s Jewish quarter – and centre of learning – from at least the 11th century until anti-Semitism saw the Jews expelled from it in 1424. Here the sparse remains of what is purported to be the medieval Sinagoga Major have been revealed and returned to occasional use as a functioning temple. Remnants of medieval and Roman-era walls remain, suggesting (given their orientation towards Jerusalem) that there may have been a Jewish place of worship here in Roman times.