The excavation campaign, which began on February 3 behind the Manresa City Hall building, has finished. This plot will house the future regional and local archive. The work allowed documentation of the remains presented last October, notably the mikveh, a chamber used by the Jewish community of Manresa during the Middle Ages for purification baths.
The discovery of this ritual bath is considered highly significant, as only two others had been located in Catalonia: one in Girona and another in Besalú. The structure, simple and resembling a small water tank with steps, was found more than four meters deep.
“"We believe we can say that we have found the mikveh of the Jewish quarter of Manresa. We now also have objective data, but not absolute certainty."
The campaign manager, archaeologist Eduard Sànchez, already expressed his conviction when the discovery was presented. Currently, the definitive confirmation of the chronology depends on the study of the mortars used in the mikveh's construction, an analysis that will provide the final “objective data” to reliably date the finding.
