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Hidden Jews of Mexico: Inquisition to Modern Power
Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico
$59
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Overview
The Hidden Jews of Mexico tour offers a profound exploration of Jewish heritage across five centuries. This historical walk reveals the resilience and rich narratives of the Jewish community in Mexico.
- 🗺️ Begin with registrations and introductions, setting the stage for an insightful journey.
- ⛪ Visit the Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Mexico and walk behind it to see the Chapel of the Souls, showcasing colonial architecture designed to keep Jewish communities at bay during the Spanish Inquisition.
- 🏛️ Explore Plaza de Santo Domingo, the main trading marketplace from the 16th to 19th centuries, where Jews-in-Hiding traded their goods while being monitored by the Palace of the Inquisition.
- 🔍 Decipher the anti-Semitic hidden messages at the Palace of the Inquisition and the Santo Domingo church, key locations in the history of Jewish traders.
- 🏛️ Pass by the Administration building of the Inquisition and its Perpetual Prison, a site of historical significance where Jews faced persecution.
- 🎨 View the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, where Diego Rivera met Frida Kahlo, and learn about their roles in the Mexican anti-Fascist movement.
- 📍 Stop at Plaza Loreto to see the first purposely-built synagogue, Sephardic Mount Sinai, and the first Ashkenazim synagogue, Nidjei Israel, concluding your experience.
- 🕍 Visit the Justo Sierra Synagogue, the first Ashkenazim shul in Mexico, and reflect on its historical importance.
- 👥 Local guide included to provide expert insights throughout the tour.
- 💼 Entrance to various public and private places is included, with gratuities covered as well.
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Hidden Jews of Mexico: Inquisition to Modern Power
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours
- Local Guide
- Entrance to some public and private places has been agreed and has been either waived or included.
- Gratuities
Meeting point
We meet outside Number 15, República de Argentina Street, curbside, right at the door marked with #15. It is the main door and it is not at the corner. It is at the heart of Mexico City's Historic Center.
Return details
We end right in front of Loreto Park, on the Justo Sierra Street (South) side.
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We will begin with registrations and introductions.
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Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de MexicoWe walk behind the Metropolitan Cathedral to see the Chapel of the Souls where the teachings against heresy (other religions) are displayed at a vantage point from where we can appreciate the colonial architecture designed "to keep the Jews away," imposed by the Spanish Inquisition.
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Plaza de Santo DomingoWe visit the main trading marketplace from the 16th to the 19th centuries where Jews-in-Hiding had to come and trade their merchandise as they were being watched from the Palace of the Inquisition. At the palace, we decipher its anti-Semitic hidden messages as well as those on the Santo Domingo church at the starting point of El Camino Real, a safe haven for Jewish traveling traders of the time.
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We will pass by the Administration building of the Inquisition as well as their living quarters, right next to its Perpetual Prison, where Jews were tortured and sentenced to death.
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Antiguo Colegio de San IldefonsoWe will see from the outside, the place where Diego Rivera (of Sephardic origin) met Frida Kahlo (of Ashkenazim origin), to learn how the Mexican anti-Fascist movement supported the cancellation of the first and only ever anti-Semitic national convention and the reception as a refugee of Lev Davidovich Bronstein (a.k.a. Leon Trotsky).
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At Plaza Loreto, we pass by the first purposedly-built synagogue, Sephardic Mount Sinai, in Mexico, and the neighboring one, the first Ashkenazim one, Nidjei Israel, where the experience comes to an end.
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Justo Sierra SynagogueWe visit the decommissioned and first Ashkenazim shul in Mexico.
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Hidden Jews of Mexico: Inquisition to Modern Power
Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico
$59
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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