Explore traces of the medieval city located on Mount Alveria, passing through massive fortifications, the remains of the royal castle, churches, and noble palaces. The tour delves into the millennia-old history of the Jewish community that inhabited this place for centuries, recounting their journey through integration and persecution, culminating in the massacre of the community in 1474.
Traces of the Jewish past can still be found in the northern necropolis, where, alongside rock-cut tombs from the protohistoric era, trench graves from the Greek period, late ancient hypogea, and a Christian catacomb known as the “Cave of a Hundred Mouths,” lies a small Jewish necropolis dating back to the 5th–6th century AD.
The Jewish Necropolis consists of a cluster of closely grouped tombs, distinguished by five menorahs carved into the local tuff stone. Two of these menorahs are engraved inside a hypogeum known as the “Artichoke Cave,” which was repurposed from earlier protohistoric tombs and features the traditional arcosolium design.
Recently, a sixth catacomb with a larger menorah was discovered on the same hill, leading to the identification of a true Jewish catacomb complex now referred to as the “Hill of Memory.”