Benjamin of Tudela, also known as Benjamin ben Jonah, was a medieval Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the twelfth century. His vivid descriptions of western Asia preceded those of Marco Polo by a hundred years. With his broad education and vast knowledge of languages, Benjamin of Tudela is a major figure in medieval geography and Jewish history.
Bronze bust of Benjamin by Ricardo Varela Andrés in Tudela, Navarre, 1994
Benjamin of Tudela in the Sahara (Author : Dumouza, 19th-century engraving)
Binyamin Mitudela street, Tel Aviv
Tudela is a municipality in Spain, the second largest city of the autonomous community of Navarre and twice a former Latin bishopric. Its population is around 35,000. The city is sited in the Ebro valley. Fast trains running on two-track electrified railways serve the city and two freeways join close to it. Tudela is the capital of the agricultural region of Ribera Navarra, and also the seat of the courts of its judicial district.
Tudela, Navarre
Fiestas in the Plaza Nueva or Plaza de los Fueros, July 2017, by Navarra Información website
Cathedral - Puerta del Juicio
Monreal Tower