Carrer de Sant Domenec is the main street of el call so it was the area of the great synagogue, the butcher shop, the houses of important people in the community, and the gateway to the quarter at the end. Here we saw the Centre d'interpretacio del call which is a museum dedicated to the jewish history. As well, we saw the Palau de la Generalitat which is a govenrment building that holds offices. (gothic area)
As well, when walking through El Call, we went to an area which looks like a typical square with a nice little fountain in the middle. It is a place where kids come and play when they get their recess for school.
When looking closely at the walls you can see that there are bullet holes because people were lined up here and shot.
This was very interesting/shocking to me because originally i would have never guessed that the holes in the wall were from bullets. I assumed that since the building was old it was just starting to deteriorate. Knowing this fact about this square gives a whole new perspective on an area where children are sent to play. We also passed the main synagogue in Barcelona, which is supposed to be the oldest in all of Europe. We also saw the Lloctient Palace which holds the archive of the crown of aragon. Much of the construction material was used from the headstones from the jewish cemetery.
Since El Call is a series of many small winding roads it was mentally hard for me to put together where I was most of the time. Overall, I thought that the jewish quarter was very interesting.
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