Categoria: General

The Tortosa Celio Tower and Jewish quarter

Our humanistic and artistic students in grade 4 (4t ESO D) had the chance of visiting the Tortosa Jewish Quarter on Thursday 4th December. They followed an English tour within the Quarter, and could have a look at the famous Iron gate, the synagogue, the butcher’s shop, the baker’s AND the different Medieval wells in the place. They could also hear about Menahem Ben Saruq, a very famous lexicographer from the X century born in the quarter, who wrote the Mahbered, the first dictionary on Biblical terms. They were able to walk across the narrow streets (some very characteristic ones) and breath a little bit of the Medieval atmosphere. They were given some documents in English to follow the explanations properly. At the Celio tower they could learn about the three cultures featured in ancient Tortosa: Christian. Jewish and Arabic.

Visita al refugi antiaeri de Tortosa

Our students in grade 4 (in Catalan 4t ESO D, itinerari humanístic i artístic) took part in a lecture in English about the civil war at Ernest Hemingway street in Tortosa, where  one of the biggest anti raid shelters is located,  built in spring 1938.  They had been learning previously about this famous writer (Pulitzer prize and Nobel prize for literature) who wrote some important chronicles about the bombing of Tortosa for the New York Times. Also, a tale related to the bombing of the Amposta pending bridge. It was quite interesting as they could read the informative panels and see the impressive pictures of the destruction of Tortosa by both the German and Italian air forces.