Practical info

Type of location: Cemetery

Jewish cemetery of Carpentras

Chemin de l’Aqueduc, 84200 Carpentras

Historical description

Carpentras

Carpentras had a Jewish population when it was yielded to the papacy by the king of France in 1274. In the fourteenth century, the Jewish quarter on rue Fournaque, near the town walls, was home to ninety families. In 1459, it was sacked by rioters, and sixty people ... Read more