Photos of Barcelona: Barri Gòtic (Gothic Quarter), including El Call (The Jewish Quarter) - part of Ciutat Vella (Old City)

Carrer de Ferran between Las Ramblas and Plaça de Sant Jaume	Side street off of Carrer de Ferran near El Call (The Jewish Quarter)	Carrer de Ferran between Las Ramblas and Plaça de Sant Jaume. Barcelona is a clean city - streets are free of litter.
Sinagaga (Synagogue) Major de Barcelona - on Carrer de Marlet at the corner of Carrer Sant Domènec del Call.	Major Synagogue (right foreground) in the Jewish Quarter. Jews lived here as a successful community from 7th to 14th centuries.	Inside the Major Synagogue: Stones under glass (lower right) - part of synagogue wall, Roman times. Stones face Jerusalem.
Inside the Major Synagogue in El Call (Jewish Quarter): Medieval wall from the 13th century.	The Major Synagogue: Round structures - dying vats, 1400's. Full explanation in note (smaller font) below full size photo.	Inside the Major Synagogue in El Call (Jewish Quarter): Lower part of the wall toward the right is from Roman times.
Inside the Major Synagogue: Wall from the 13th-17th centuries. Menorah of forged iron by Majorcan artist Ferrán Aguiló.	Major Synagogue (left) in El Call (Jewish Quarter). El Call was a Jewish ghetto in the Middle Ages.	Exterior wall plaque on Carrer de Marlet: "Holy foundation of Rabbi Samuel Ha-Sardí, whose life is never ending." (1314)
Major Synagogue (right) in El Call (Jewish Quarter). Blocks at the base of the building were part of the 13th century wall.	Major Synagogue (right): In1391, plague blamed on Jews. In El Call, they were forced to convert to Christianity or murdered.	Overpass on Carrer del Bisbe Irurita - west of the cathedral. Architecture typical of the Barri Gòtic (Gothic Quarter).
Catedral de Barcelona: Built from 13th-15th centuries - Gothic style. Under reconstruction while we were there.	Interior of the Catedral de Barcelona - from the nave facing the high altar - grandiose & austere like most Gothic churches.	The Cloister in the Catedral de Barcelona: Home to geese representing the purity of Santa Eulàlia, Barcelona's patron saint.
Area behind Catedral de Barcelona on Carrer de la Pietat.	Plaça de Sant Jaume	Casa de la Ciutat (Ajuntament) on Plaça de Sant Jaume - Barcelona's city hall. Construction began in the 14th century.
Judy in front of Mesón del Café on Carrer de la Libretería - one of the oldest coffee houses in the Gothic Quarter.	Palau Reial Major (14th-16th cent.): Ferdinand & Isabella greeted Columbus here on his return. Also, site of the Inquisition.	Capella Reial de Santa Àgata (14th century): The base of the chapel is part of the wall of the old Roman city Barcino (4 a.d.)
Close-up of part of the Roman wall of Barcino (4 a.d.), supporting Capella Reial de Santa Àgata, seen in the previous photo.