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Tucked into the narrow lanes of the medieval Jewish quarter, the Sinagoga Major of Barcelona is claimed to be one of the oldest synagogues in Europe, a small but historically significant site that recalls the once-thriving Jewish community of the city before its expulsion. The synagogue lies in the heart of the Call, the medieval Jewish neighbourhood within the Gothic Quarter, whose tangle of narrow streets preserves the memory of a community that flourished in Barcelona during the Middle Ages u...