Casa Judía
Pastel art deco house whose Star of David lintel once marked a secret Sabbath meeting place.
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This guide to Casa Judia in Valencia starts with a six-pointed star carved above an unmarked door on a narrow street, and the question of why it is there. It follows architect Juan Francisco Guardiola Martinez, who raised the building in 1930 for a client named Jose Salom, and the mix of borrowed styles Guardiola gave it, from Egyptian-inspired columns to Hindu-style pinnacles. You will hear what locals believe happened behind that door after dark, when Valencia's small Jewish community gathered quietly. Look up at the worn stone star before you step through the entrance.
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