Editing Girona (section)

=== Jewish heritage ===
[[File:Jewish Quarter Gerona.jpg|thumb|upright|A lane in the Jewish Quarter. Girona's Jewish community was lost as a result of the Expulsion.]]
Today, the historic Jewish quarter or ''Call'' has been restored. In 1492 the Jewish community was forced to choose between conversion and expulsion. After the Jews left, the neighborhood was sealed off and new houses were built over the old ones.<ref name="Alberch"/> When the dictator Francisco Franco died in November 1975, interest in the region's cultural history was revived. Some of the old buildings were excavated leading to the discovery of the home of [[Nahmanides]], which was sold to the city in 1987.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Catalonia Pays Homage to Nachmanides |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2005-02-01/ty-article/catalonia-pays-homage-to-nachmanides/0000017f-ded0-db22-a17f-fef1231f0000 |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=Haaretz |language=en}}</ref>

A rectangular indentation that once held a [[mezuzah]] can be seen on the doorway of an old building on Carrer de Sant Llorenç, while Centre Bonastruc ça Porta on Carrer de la Força is the site of a 15th century synagogue. The Center hosts the Girona Museum of Jewish History<ref name="JHM">{{cite web |work=Patronat Call de Girona |title=The Museum of Jewish History |url=https://www.girona.cat/call/eng/museu.php |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref> and the [https://www.girona.cat/call/eng/institut.php Nahmanides Institute for Jewish  Studies].<ref name="Alberch" /> Excavations also turned up 1,200 old documents, including Talmudic commentary, accounts of domestic life, a description of the ancient synagogue and the names of Girona Jews who converted to Christianity in 1492.<ref name=":0" />