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Visit Cruz neighborhood

by | Jan 1, 2014 | ENGLISH | 0 comments

Visit Cruz neighborhoodLocated in central Seville, we can found the Santa Cruz neighborhood, one of the most important and emblematic of the entire city. In years of conquest by King Fernando III, he settled in what would become the second largest Jewish community in Spain, after Toledo.

On the other hand, it is very well located in terms of other important monuments of the Andalusian capital, as it is located at a crossroads between the Cathedral, the Alcázar and the Jardines de Murillo, so you can easily visit and enjoy its streets full of history and legends, and unusual places that will be difficult to find again.

The Susona, a neighborhood legend

The Susona was a Jewish girl who lived with his father, Diego Suson, where until then was the Jewish quarter of Seville. By a twist of fate, fell in love with a Christian soldier, to who went out to visit every night when her father slept. One night, waiting for the time of flight, heard the Jews plan a battle to end all the Christian army in the city. That night, Susona told everything to her lover, not knowing that this retaliation would be killed all their Jewish neighbors, including her father. Filled with remorse, made ​​a will, the which said his severed from his body at the door of his house hung his head, to remind young people that should never be blown away by love.

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