Practical info

Type of location: Mikvah

Mikvah of Besalú

Contact the tourist office:

Laça de la Llibertat, 1, 17850 Besalú

+34 972 591 12 40

https://en.turismegarrotxa.com/companies/tourist-offices/besalu/besalu-tourist-office/

Historical description

Besalú

The presence of Jews in Besalú is attested in a document from 1229 in which Jaume I the Conqueror reserves to them the function of moneylender. In 1342 the community, hitherto linked to the one in Barcelona, became independent. In those days it numbered 200, a ... Read more