Legends of Girona - Pt 5 - Torlana

Hi everybody!!

So, we are very close now to the Camp!! I hope you are as excited about it as we are!! We are a little bit more than 2 weeks to go!

The legend for this week is a little bit scary, but I hope you like it...

 

The Torlana

Around the 14th century, Girona received many Jews people and they started a community here, called "Call". It was located  in the neighbourhood that now we call "Barri Vell" (Catalan name for "Old neighbourhood".

Among all the Jews living here, there was this woman, very devoted to her faith and respected by her people, they used to call her Torlana. It's still not clear the origin of her name, but it's believed to be related to Torana or follower of Torah.

One night, her body was found beheaded at the Gironella Tower, and until now, nobody knows the responsible for this terrible crime. It's not sure whether the crime was done by a Jew or a Christian. The reasons are also unknown.



In the Jewish museum, in the courtyard ,there used to be a female head made out of bronze , in honour to this beloved woman, but it's not there anymore.

 

 

It's said and believed by many people, that if you walk in the Old Center at night, you might hear a woman's voice singing. You can't identify where is the sound coming from, because it seems to be coming from everywhere...as if she was still wandering through the quarter...

 

This was the Torlana story, see you next week with more legends!