The Jewish quarter
Born after the conquest of 1248 between Santa Cruz and San Bartolomé: the walled enclosure, its three synagogues and the cemetery that still lies beneath the Murillo Gardens. Almost nothing is left standing; the memory is.
Casa Sefardí · Seville · Virtual museum
A history as vast as it is unknown.
Casa Sefardí is a project on the Jewish history of Seville that, for now, lives online. Six rooms to walk through, slowly, two thousand years of Sephardic memory — from wherever you are.
2nd c.
The first Jewish trace in Baetica
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Rooms in the collection
1492
The year of the expulsion
50,000
Set sail from the port of Seville
What awaits you
The collection
Six rooms tell the story from the Roman origins to the present day: life in the quarter, its great names, the Inquisition and the long journey of the Sephardic legacy.
The tours
Guided walks through Jewish Seville: the Puerta de la Carne, Santa María la Blanca, the Castle of San Jorge. The whole city is the last room of the museum.
The place
A garden above memory
Beneath the Murillo Gardens, under the steps of those who stroll them, the necropolis of the quarter still rests: it was found during the works on Cano y Cueto street, and much of it was never excavated. It is where this history still is, even though it can no longer be seen.
“The city of Isbilya, which is the head of all Sepharad.”
Frequently asked questions
What people ask most
Can you visit Casa Sefardí de Sevilla?
Not as a physical place: Casa Sefardí is a virtual museum that, for now, exists online. There are no premises, opening hours or tickets. The only in-person activity is the Jewish-history walking tours of the city, led by the Altai Turismo team.
What are Sephardic Jews?
The Jews of Sepharad (the Hebrew name for the Iberian Peninsula) and their descendants. Their presence in the peninsula is documented for some two thousand years. After the expulsion edict of 1492 they dispersed around the Mediterranean and the Balkans, and kept their language, Ladino, alive for centuries.
What happened in 1391?
The pogrom preached by Ferrán Martínez destroyed the Jewish quarter of Seville after a century and a half of life. It was the first of a wave that swept the whole peninsula and changed the history of the Jews of Sepharad forever.
How many people left Seville with the expulsion of 1492?
After the expulsion edict of 1492, some 50,000 people set sail from the port of Seville. They took Ladino with them, the language the Sephardim kept alive for centuries around the Mediterranean and the Balkans.
Who is behind Casa Sefardí?
Alba Delgado Ramírez, an official tourism guide and the author of the project, which began as her master's thesis at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide (2023/2024). She coordinates Altai Turismo, the platform of official guides that runs the Jewish-history tours of the quarter.
In which languages is the museum available?
In four: Spanish (the original), English, Hebrew and German. Every page has its own address in each language and you can switch from the menu.