The oldest Jewish monument ever found in France is today threatened with decay after its discovery seven years ago. It was during excavation in the courtyard of the law courts of Rouen, the Normandy town where Joan of Arc was burred to death after her trial, that the vestiges of what appeared to be a yeshiva were unearthed. The small building, built around the year 1100 was in the Jewish quarter of Rouen in a street that is still called the street of the Jews today.
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