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Jewish Quarter of Sagunto

Sagunt/Sagunto, El Camp de Morvedre, Valencia

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Jewish Quarter of Sagunto

Monument · Sagunt/Sagunto, El Camp de Morvedre, Valencia

Former Jewish quarter of Sagunto (then called Morvedre or Murviedro), with a Hebrew presence documented from the late 1st or early 2nd century, in texts that are among the oldest confirming Jewish presence on the Iberian Peninsula. The best-documented period runs from the Christian conquest in the 13th century, when Jewish families arrived from Aragon and Catalonia with the conquests of James I, until the expulsion of 1492; families such as the Vives formed their own aljama, and some Jews held public offices such as that of bailiff. They were engaged mainly in craft trades and commerce, and their silversmiths were famous, such as Vidal Astori, royal silversmith in the 15th century. For security, the aljama requested permission in 1321 to close off the access points to the quarter, granted by James II.

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